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Welcome To al-Haram - الحرم سيدنا علي (אל-חרם)

District of Jaffa
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date February 3, 1948
Distance From District 16 (km) North of Jaffa
Elevation 25 (meters)
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Exodus Cause Fear of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village Temains al-Haram was mostly destroyed with the exception of few houses and the village cemetery.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Haram (also known by Sidna Ali) inhabitants were intimidated into fleeing by the Haganah on February 3rd, 1948.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 2,681
Jewish 4,745
Public 639
**Total 8,065
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 136 0
Irrigated & Plantation 256 45
Olive Groves 137 0
Planted W/ Cereal 2,330 4,057
Built up 18 0
Arable 2,722 4,102
Non-Arable 580 643
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1904 341
1922 172
1931 333
1945 880 (360 Jewish)
1948 603 (360 Jewish)
Est. Refugees 1998 3,704
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 83
1948 150
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Zababida, Khirbat
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Ghabat Miska
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Ijlil al-Shamaliyya
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Abu Kishk
Town's Name Through History During the Hellenistic period al-Haram was known by Apollonia. al-Haram was also known by Sayyiduna 'Ali named after al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (see Shrines/Maqams section)
Schools al-Haram had an elementary school for boys founded in 1921, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 68 students.
Places of Warship One Mosque
Shrines / Maqams The village contained a shrine for al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (d. A.D. 1081), who was a descendant of the second Muslim Caliph 'Umar ibn al-Khattab.
Archeological Sites al-Haram contained the remains of a Suq (market) dating to the early Islamic period, and the Crusades built fortress nearby the village which was known by Arsur.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Rishpon and Kefar Shemaryahu
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Village Before Nakba

The village was situated on a low sandstone hill on the central coastal plain, overlooking the Mediterranean seashore. Built around the shrine of al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (d. A.D. 1081), a descendant of the second Muslim caliph 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, the village also was known as Sayyiduna 'Ali ('our lord 'Ali'). The Syrian Sufi traveller al-Bakri al-Siddiqi, who journeyed in the area in the mid-eighteenth century, reported that he was given overnight lodgings in the mosque of al-Haram. Traditionally, people from all over Palestine came to the shrine during the summer to pray, perform rituals, and collect souvenirs. Al-Haram's population was predominantly Muslim. The village houses were made of stone or adobe brick and were built close together. An elementary school, founded in 1921, had an enrollment of sixty-eight students by the mid-1940s. Agriculture was the mainstay of the economy; in 1944/45, 136 dunums of village land were devoted to citrus and bananas and 2,096 dunums were allocated to cereals; 256 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. In addition to agriculture, the residents engaged in fishing. Eight hundred m north of the village lay Khirbat Arsuf (132178). Excavation at this site in 1977 and 1982 revealed the remains of a suq (market) dating to the early Islamic period. However, the history of the site spans from the fifth century B.C. to the sixteenth century A.D. During the Hellenistic period it was known as Apollonia. The Crusaders built a fortress there that they called Arsur. Arshuf was also mentioned in the sixteenth-century Ottoman tax records. It seems that it was only after the site of Arshuf had been abandoned, some time in the seventeenth century, that al-Haram was built.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Al-Haram was probably seized by Zionist troops some time before the end of the British Mandate on 15 May 1948. By this time, Zionist forces were in control of the whole coastal area between Haifa and Tel Aviv (see Abu Kishk, Jaffa sub-disctrict).

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Rishpon (133178) was built in 1936 on the northern border of al-Haram's lands; Kefar Shemaryahu (133176) was established in 1937 southeast of the village site, on what had traditionally been village land.

Village Today

The shrine, a few houses, and the cemetery are all that remain of the village. The partially renovated shrine is a large complex with an elaborate architecture, including arched colonnaded porticos and a minaret that rises atop one of its buildings. Near the shrine, the ruined foundations of village houses are visible; further away, several houses stand which are presently inhabited by Jews. The dilapidated cemetery overlooks the sea and is used as a parking lot for Israeli tourists.

Source

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