Abu Shusha
أبو شوشة | |
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 Children in Abu Shusha | |
| Etymology: The father of the tuft[1] | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map .jpg) 1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Abu Shusha, Haifa (click the buttons) | |
  Abu Shusha Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°36′51″N 35°08′17″E / 32.61417°N 35.13806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 163/224 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | 9–10 April 1948[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,960 dunams (9 km2 or 3 sq mi) |
| Population (1948) | |
| • Total | 835 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Mishmar HaEmek |
Abu Shusha (Arabic: أبو شوشة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 9 April 1948 during the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek. The village was inhabited by Turkmens.[3]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 142
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #152. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Marom, Roy; Tepper, Yotam; Adams, Matthew J. (2024-01-03). "Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: 18. doi:10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340.