Qula

Qula
قولة
Kouleh[1] Cola, Chola
The remains of the Crusader tower at Qula. The village mosque was located about 10m to the east of it.
The remains of the Crusader tower at Qula. The village mosque was located about 10m to the east of it.
Etymology: from a personal name[2]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Qula (click the buttons)
Qula is located in Mandatory Palestine
Qula
Qula
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°02′15″N 34°57′20″E / 32.03750°N 34.95556°E / 32.03750; 34.95556
Palestine grid146/160
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulation10 July 1948[5]
Area
 • Total4,347 dunams (4.347 km2 or 1.678 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,010[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Qula (Arabic: قولة) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 15 km northeast of Ramla. Its residents had their origins in Jimzu, Ammuriya and other places.[6]

Palestinian commander Hasan Salama, and his son Ali Hassan Salameh (1940-1979) were from Qula. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[7]

  1. ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 390
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 237
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.68
  5. ^ Morris, 2004 p. xviii, village 211. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  6. ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 375
  7. ^ "Welcome to Qula". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2007-12-09.