Zikrin

Zikrin
ذكرين
Dhikerin[1]
Façade of ruined house in Khirbet Dhikrin
Façade of ruined house in Khirbet Dhikrin
Etymology: Dhikerin el Baradan; Dhikerin the cool[2]
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Zikrin is located in Mandatory Palestine
Zikrin
Zikrin
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°39′48″N 34°51′38″E / 31.66333°N 34.86056°E / 31.66333; 34.86056
Palestine grid136/119
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHebron
Date of depopulation22–23 October 1948[5]
Area
[3]
 • Total
17,195 dunams (17.195 km2 or 6.639 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
960[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Zikrin (Arabic: ذكرين), pronounced Dhikrin, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War. The site is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Beit Gubrin and sits at a mean elevation of 212 metres (696 ft) above sea-level, its access somewhat impeded by hedges of buckthorn and cactus. The entire site is dotted with grottoes and caves, and razed structures.

  1. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, p. 258.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 367
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 51
  4. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #297. Also gives cause of depopulation