Allar, Jerusalem

Allar علار
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Allar, Jerusalem (click the buttons)
Allar Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°43′23″N 35°03′41″E / 31.72306°N 35.06139°E / 31.72306; 35.06139
Palestine grid	155/125
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	October 22, 1948[2]
Area
• Total	12,356 dunams (12.356 km2 or 4.771 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	440[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Mata,[3] Bar Giora[3]

Allar (Arabic: علار) or 'Allar el-Fawqa ("Upper Allar"), also known as 'Allar el Busl,^[4] was a Palestinian Arab village located southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem near Wadi Surar ("Valley of Pebbles"), along Wadi Tannur. The name was shared by the twin village of Allar al-Sifla ("Lower Allar") or Khirbat al-Tannur, with official imperial ledgers often listing them both under the single entry of Allar.^[5]

Habitation in the village spanned centuries and is attested in architectural remains and documents from the Crusader, Mamluk, Ottoman and Mandate Palestine periods. Allar was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the area was incorporated into the State of Israel, with the moshavs of Mata and Bar Giora established on its former lands.