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| Dayr al-Shaykh District of Jerusalem دير الشيخ - דיר א-שיח' Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
October 21, 1948
Distance from district center
16 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
475 (meters)
Map location
See location number #28 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade
Har'el Brigade
Village defenders
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, Jordanian Army, and some ALA and local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisDeir al-Sheikh was mostly destroyed and defaced with the exception of few houses including the village shrine which is being used as tourist attraction by Israelis.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisDayr al-Shaykh inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
1,366
Jewish
0
Public
5,415
Total
6,781
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
291
Area planted w/ olives
400
Planted W/ Cereal
1,025
Built up
8
Cultivable
1,316
Non-Cultivable
5,457
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
113
19th century
400
1922
99
1931
155
1945
220
1948
255
Est. Refugees 1998
1,567
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
26
1948
42
Religious institutions
Deir al-Sheikh had two mosques, one with a large dome to the east, and a rock-cut tomb was to the southwest.
Shrines/maqams
A maqam and mosque for al-Shaykh Sultan Badr.
Nearby wadies & rivers
Deir al-Sheikh overlooks Wadi al-Sarar to the northeast.
Archeological sites
The villages contains the remnants of walls and columns, foundations, cisterns, burial grounds, and presses.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Nes Harim occupies some of the village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
One of the few village buildings that remain is the maqam (shrine) of al-Shaykh Sultan Badr, a white structure with two domes, arched entrances, and a courtyard; it is now an Israeli tourist site. Stone rubble west of the shrine is covered with wild grass
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