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Welcome To Dayr al-Shaykh - دير الشيخ (דיר א-שיח')

District of Jerusalem
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date October 21, 1948
Distance From District 16 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation 475 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #28 on the map

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Military Operation Operation ha-Har
Attacking Units Har'el Brigade
Defenders Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, Jordanian Army, and some ALA and local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains Deir 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 Dayr al-Shaykh inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 1,366
Jewish 0
Public 5,415
**Total 6,781
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 291
Olive Groves 400
Planted W/ Cereal 1,025
Built up 8
Arable 1,316
Non-Arable 5,457
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 113
19th century 400
1922 99
1931 155
1945 220
1948 255
Est. Refugees 1998 1,567
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 26
1948 42
Near By Townswhat's new
Kasla
          ↖
'Aqqur
↗        
Dayr al-Hawa  ←
Dayr al-Shaykh
→   Bayt Saqiya
            ↙
Bayt 'Itab
↓
'Allar
↘           
Ras Abu 'Ammar
Places of Warship 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
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Nes Harim occupies some of the village lands.
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on a small hill at the foot of the northern slope of Mt. Shaykh Badr, and overlooked Wadi al-Sarar to the northeast. The Jerusalem−Jaffa highway and railway line passed through the wadi. One of the railway stations was located 0.5 km east of the village. Secondary roads linked Dayr al-Shaykh to nearby villages. It had a rectangular configuration and extended in a north−south direction, with a few of its houses built along the spur that led to the highway. In 1596, Dayr al-Shaykh was a village in the nahiya of Jerusalem (liwa' of Jerusalem) with a population of 113. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, olives, and fruits, as well as on other types of produce and property, such as goats, beehives, and vineyards. In the early 1870s Dayr al-Shaykh was reported to have a population of approximately 400, but by 1881 it was deserted. Its inhabitants may have moved away temporarily or perished during a typhus epidemic in 1874. Its two mosques, one with a large dome, stood to the east, and a rock-cut tomb was to the southwest. By the time of the Mandate the village had been repopulated. Most of its residents were Muslim, with 10 Christians among an estimated population of 220 in the mid-1940s. Most of their homes were built of stone. One village landmark was the maqam (shrine) and mosque of al-Shaykh Sultan Badr. The village had a few small shops. A well to the west supplied its drinking water. Its lands were planted in rainfed crops, such as grain, vegetables, and fruit trees. Olive and fruit trees occupied relatively large portions of the lands to the east, west, and north; other parts were used as grazing areas. In 1944/45 a total of 1,025 dunums was allocated to cereals; 291 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Archaeological features included the remnants of walls and columns, foundations, cisterns, burial grounds, and presses.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

With the end of the second truce of the war on 15 October 1948, Israeli forces pushed into the Jerusalem corridor, just south of the road to the coast. Dayr al-Shaykh was occupied by the Har'el Brigade in the course of this operation, known as Operation ha-Har, probably on 21 October. Israeli historian Benny Morris gives a date of occupation but does not explain what ultimately happened to the villagers; he does mention, however, that some villagers in the area fled as Israeli forces approached, and that others were expelled.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

There are no Israeli settlements on village land. Nes Harim, established in 1950, is 1 km southwest of the village site on land belonging to Bayt Itab

Village Today

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. Cactuses grow on the walls of the terraces to the west and east of the village, as do many olive trees. The rubble of houses and terraces can be seen on the site.

Source

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