Khirbat al-Majdal
Khirbat al-Majdal
خربة المجدل | |
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Village | |
Khirbat al-Majdal Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°23′39″N 34°56′15″E / 32.39417°N 34.93750°ECoordinates: 32°23′39″N 34°56′15″E / 32.39417°N 34.93750°E | |
Palestine grid | 149/201 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
Khirbat al-Majdal was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948 under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km northwest of Tulkarm.
History
Khirbat al-Majdal was located on the Crusader place called Megedallum. The site had a well, around which bedouin gradually settled.[1]
The village had a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Abdallah. Today, Sde Yitzhaq is located near the village lands, but on land belonging to Raml Zayta.[2]
References
Bibliography
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Khirbat al-Majdal
- Khirbat al-Majdal, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
Categories:
- Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
- District of Tulkarm