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Welcome To al-Ashrafiyya - الأشرفية (אל-אשרפיה)

District of Baysan
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Picture for al-Ashrafiyya Village - Palestine: : Village Site In 1990
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 12, 1948
Distance From District 4.5 (km) Southwest of Baysan
Elevation -125 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #20 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Gideon
Attacking Units Golan Brigades and possibly Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) too.
Exodus Cause Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village Temains The village was completely destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically Cleansing Upon occupation, both Farwana and al-Ashrafiyya inhabitants fled towards Jordan.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 4,608
Jewish 1,293
Public 810
**Total 6,711
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 143 11
Irrigated & Plantation 4,458 772
Planted W/ Cereal 590 510
Arable 5,191 1,293
Non-Arable 227 0
Population
Year Population*
1922 136
1931 48
1945 230
1948 267
Est. Refugees 1998 1,638
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 11
1948 61
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Jawfa, Khirbat
          ↖
Tall al-Shawk
↑
(N)
Baysan
↗        
Jalbun  ←
al-Ashrafiyya
↓
al-Samiriyya
↘           
Farwana
Nearby Wadies & Rivers The village is situated nearby Wadi al-Maddu'.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Reshafim & Sheluchot.

Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a flat area about 2 km to the east of the al-Faqqu'a (or Jilbu') Mountains, and overlooked low-lying lands to the north and west sides. Mount Tabor was visible in the distance on the northwest. On the eastern side the village faced the highlands east of the Jordan. This elevated location may explain the village's name, al-Ashrafiyya, which was derived from the Arabic verb "to overlook." The location also afforded the village protection from the flooding of Wadi al-Maddu', which flowed west of it. The Baysan-Jericho highway ran about 2 km east of al-Ashrafiyya, and a secondary road linked the village to this highway. It was classified as a hamlet during the Mandate era by the Palestine Index Gazetteer.

The people of al-Ashrafiyya were Muslims, and built their mud houses in clusters, separated by narrow alleys. Most of its lands were cultivated, thanks to the abundance of water from rain and springs, the fertility of the soil, and the easily-tilled, level terrain. Agriculture consisted primarily of vegetables, fruit trees such as citrus and bananas, and olives. In 1944/45 a total of 143 dunums was devoted to citrus and bananas and 7 dunums were allocated to cereals; 4,458 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Most of the villagers worked in agriculture and animal husbandry.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Units of the Golani Brigade attacked and captured the village on the night of 10-11 May 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. The assault was undertaken as a prelude to the attack on Baysan the following day. Baysan's other "satellite village," Farwana, was occupied at the same time. Both were probably among eight villages reported captured near Baysan on 13 May, according to the Associated Press. Relying on Israeli sources, Israeli historian Benny Morris writes that the inhabitants of Farwana fled to Transjordan "as the troops approached" and that after its capture "Haganah sappers began to blow up the village houses."

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Two settlements that were established in 1948, Reshafim and Sheluchot, are located east of the village site on village land.

Village Today

The site and the area around it are cultivated by the residents of Reshafim. A fishery also has been built on the site.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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