Al-Salihiyya, Palestine

Al-Salihiyya
الصالحية
Salihiya[1]
Al-Salihiyya c. 1936. Woman weaving papyrus mat.
Al-Salihiyya c. 1936. Woman weaving papyrus mat.
Etymology: This name is elsewhere attached to buildings or establishments founded by Salah ad-Din (Saladin).[2]
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Al-Salihiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Salihiyya
Al-Salihiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°10′02″N 35°36′45″E / 33.16722°N 35.61250°E / 33.16722; 35.61250
Palestine grid207/285
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 25, 1948[1]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,520[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary causeWhispering campaign

Al-Salihiyya (Arabic: الصالحية) was a Palestinian Arab village populated by people traditionally associated with the Ghawarna, a generic exonym denoting inhabitants of the drainage plains of the Hula Valley.[5] It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948, by the Israeli Palmach. It was located in the Safad Subdistrict, 25 km northeast of Safad, at the intersection of the Jordan River and Wadi Tur'an.

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #15. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 93
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hadawi71 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 11
  5. ^ Sliman Khawalde, Dan Rabinowitz, 'Race from the Bottom of the Tribe That Never Was: Segmentary Narratives Amongst the Ghawarna of Galilee.' Journal of Anthropological Research Vol. 58, No. 2 (Summer, 2002), pp.225-243