Bir Ma'in

Bir Ma'in
بئر ماعين
Sitt Manna', one of five sisters, whose maqam is just northeast of the centre of Bir Ma'in
Sitt Manna', one of five sisters, whose maqam is just northeast of the centre of Bir Ma'in
Etymology: The well of springs[1]
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Bir Ma'in is located in Mandatory Palestine
Bir Ma'in
Bir Ma'in
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′17″N 35°01′12″E / 31.88806°N 35.02000°E / 31.88806; 35.02000
Palestine grid152/143
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 15–16, 1948[4]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total510[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesMakkabim[5]

Bir Ma'in (Arabic: بير اماعين/ماعين) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 15, 1948 during the second phase of Operation Danny by the First and Second Battalions of the Yiftach Brigade. It was located 14 km east of Ramla. The village was defended by the Jordanian Army.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 290
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #237. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 370

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