Al-Muwaylih (Arabic: المويْلح, El Muweilih) was a Palestinian village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War.
Al-Muwaylih
المويْلح | |
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Village | |
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  Al-Muwaylih Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°07′17″N 34°55′27″E / 32.12139°N 34.92417°E | |
| Palestine grid | 142/169 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,342 dunams (3.342 km2 or 1.290 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 360[1][2] |
| Current Localities | Neve Yarak[3] |
History
editBritish Mandate era
editIn the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities Malalha had 37 Muslim inhabitants.[4]
In the 1945 statistics the population numbered 360 Muslims,[1] who had a total of 3,342 dunams of land.[2] Of this, 949 dunums were planted with citrus and bananas, 27 dunums were plantations and irrigable land, 1,796 were for cereals,[5] while a total of 194 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[6]
1948, aftermath
editNeve Yarak is located, partly on Al-Muwaylih land, and partly on land formerly belonging to Jaljuliya.[3]
By 1992, it was described: "The site is very difficult to identify. Some of the houses still stand, deserted, amidst wild vegetation. One of them belonged to Hashim al-Jayyusi, who later became a Jordanian cabinet minister. It is a two-storey, concrete structure with rectangular doors and windows and a stairway in front that leads to the second storey. The other villas have been reduced to rubble. The land in the area is cultivated."[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 27
- ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 52
- ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 251
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 17
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 96
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 146
Bibliography
edit- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
External links
edit- Welcome To al-Muwaylih
- al-Muwaylih, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 13: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Al-Muwayliha from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- Al-Muweileh from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
