Al-Manshiyya, Acre

al-Manshiyya
المنشيه
Ancient tomb of Abu Ataba, now the residential home of a Jewish family.
Ancient tomb of Abu Ataba, now the residential home of a Jewish family.
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al-Manshiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
al-Manshiyya
al-Manshiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°55′56″N 35°05′26″E / 32.93222°N 35.09056°E / 32.93222; 35.09056
Palestine grid159/260
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulation14 May 1948 (Operation Ben-Ami)[3]
Area
 • Total14,886 dunams (14.886 km2 or 5.748 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total810[1][2]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesShomrat,[4] Bustan HaGalil[4]

Al-Manshiyya (Arabic: المنشية),[5] was a Palestinian village with a Muslim orphanage and a mosque known as the mosque of Abu 'Atiyya, which is still standing.

The area just north of the village was a garden planted by Sulayman Pasha, who was the ruler of Acre in the early 19th century, named Arabic: قصر بهجي, Qasr Bahjī, mansion of delight; today this is known as the shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, who was the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.

  1. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 15 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Morris, 2004 p. xvii Archived 22 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine, village #88 Also gives the cause for depopulation
  4. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 23
  5. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 52 Archived 6 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine