Al-Maghar

Al-Maghar
Al-Maghar
Arabic
District	Ramla
Coordinates	31°50′18.65″N 34°46′56.10″E / 31.8385139°N 34.78225°E / 31.8385139; 34.78225Coordinates: 31°50′18.65″N 34°46′56.10″E / 31.8385139°N 34.78225°E / 31.8385139; 34.78225
Population	1,740 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation	18 May 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current localities	Beit Elazari

al-Maghar was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak on 18 May 1948. It was located 12 km southwest of Ramla, situated north of Wadi al-Maghar.

In 1945 it had a population of 1,740. It had an elementary school for boys, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 170 students.

In the eighth century, the village was the birthplace of the Islamic jurist Abu al-Hasan Muhammad al-Maghari.

References

1. ^ Morris, 2004, p xix village #256. Also gives cause of 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 al-Maghar
• al-Maghar, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center