Al-Manshiyya, Acre

al-Manshiyya

المنشيه
al-Manshiyya المنشيه
	Ancient tomb of Abu Ataba, now the residential home of a Jewish family.
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Manshiyya, Acre (click the buttons)
	al-Manshiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°55′56″N 35°05′26″E / 32.93222°N 35.09056°E
Palestine grid	159/260
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	14 May 1948 (Operation Ben-Ami)
Area
• Total	14,886 dunams (14.886 km2 or 5.748 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	810
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Shomrat, Bustan HaGalil

Al-Manshiyya (Arabic: المنشية),^[5] was a Palestinian village with a Muslim orphanage and a mosque known as the mosque of Abu 'Atiyya, which is still standing.

The area just north of the village was a garden planted by Sulayman Pasha, who was the ruler of Acre in the early 19th century, named Arabic: قصر بهجي, Qasr Bahjī, mansion of delight; today this is known as the shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, who was the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.

^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 15 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris, 2004 p. xvii Archived 22 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine, village #88 Also gives the cause for depopulation
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 23
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 52 Archived 6 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine

[1945p4-1] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4

[Hadawi40-2] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 15 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Morris, 2004 p. xvii Archived 22 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine, village #88 Also gives the cause for depopulation

[Khalidi23-4] Khalidi, 1992, p. 23

[5] Palmer, 1881, p. 52 Archived 6 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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al-Manshiyya المنشيه
Ancient tomb of Abu Ataba, now the residential home of a Jewish family.
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Manshiyya, Acre (click the buttons)
al-Manshiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°55′56″N 35°05′26″E / 32.93222°N 35.09056°E / 32.93222; 35.09056
Palestine grid	159/260
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	14 May 1948 (Operation Ben-Ami)^[3]
Area ^[2]
• Total	14,886 dunams (14.886 km² or 5.748 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	810^[1]^[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Shomrat,^[4] Bustan HaGalil^[4]