Dayr Tarif

Dayr Tarif

دير طريف
Deir Tarif
Dayr Tarif دير طريف Deir Tarif
	Dayr Tarif remains
	Etymology: The monastery of Tureif ("the end")
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Tarif (click the buttons)
	Dayr Tarif Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°59′33″N 34°56′23″E / 31.99250°N 34.93972°E
Palestine grid	144/155
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 10, 1948
Population (1948)
• Total	1,750
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Beit Arif

Dayr Tarif was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 10, 1948.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 229
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #221. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 379

Dayr Tarif دير طريف Deir Tarif
Dayr Tarif remains
Etymology: The monastery of Tureif ("the end")^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Tarif (click the buttons)
Dayr Tarif Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°59′33″N 34°56′23″E / 31.99250°N 34.93972°E / 31.99250; 34.93972
Palestine grid	144/155
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 10, 1948^[4]
Population (1948)
• Total	1,750^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Beit Arif^[5]