Dayr Muhaysin

Dayr Muhaysin
Dayr Muhaysin
Arabic
District	Ramla
Coordinates	31°49′37.30″N 34°55′55.95″E / 31.827028°N 34.9322083°E / 31.827028; 34.9322083Coordinates: 31°49′37.30″N 34°55′55.95″E / 31.827028°N 34.9322083°E / 31.827028; 34.9322083
Population	460 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation	April 6, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current localities	Beqoa'

Dayr Muhaysin was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla located 12 km southeast of Ramla and 4 km west of Latrun. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 6, 1948 during Operation Nachshon.

In 1945 the village had a population of 460.

References

1. ^ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #327. Also gives cause for depopulation

Bibliography

• Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html 
• Khalidi, Walid (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 
• Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521009676. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q. 

External links

• Welcome To Dayr Muhaysin
• Dayr Muhaysin, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center