Khan al-Duwayr

Khan al-Duwayr خان الدوير
Village
Etymology: Khân ed Duweir, the caravanserai of the little convent or circle[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khan al-Duwayr (click the buttons)
Khan al-Duwayr Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°14′22″N 35°40′19″E / 33.23944°N 35.67194°E / 33.23944; 35.67194
Palestine grid	213/293
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	Not known[3]
Population  (1931)
• Total	137[2]

Khan al-Duwayr (Arabic: خان الدوير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 30, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 35 km northeast of Safad. The ruins of the village were overbuilt by the Israeli kibbutz of Snir.