Dayr Nakhkhas

Dayr Nakhkhas
دير النخّاس
Deir Nakhkhas, Deir Nakh-khas, Deir Nakhas
Maqam of Sheikh 'Usheish
Maqam of Sheikh 'Usheish
Etymology: "monastery of the cattle drover"[1]
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Dayr Nakhkhas is located in Mandatory Palestine
Dayr Nakhkhas
Dayr Nakhkhas
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′57″N 34°55′18″E / 31.61583°N 34.92167°E / 31.61583; 34.92167
Palestine grid142/113
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHebron
Date of depopulationOctober 29, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total
14,476 dunams (14.476 km2 or 5.589 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
600[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Dayr Nakhkhas (Arabic: دير النخّاس, Deir Nakh-khâs) was a Palestinian Arab village located 20 km northwest of Hebron, overlooking Wadi Bayt Jibrin to the north.[5]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 367
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #325. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 217.