Khirbat Bayt Far

Khirbat Bayt Far
خربة بيت فار
Village
Etymology: the ruin of the house of the mouse[1]
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Khirbat Bayt Far is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat Bayt Far
Khirbat Bayt Far
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°48′03″N 34°54′57″E / 31.80083°N 34.91583°E / 31.80083; 34.91583
Palestine grid142/134
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationApril 7, 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total300[2][3]
Current LocalitiesTal Shahar[4][5]

Khirbat Bayt Far was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 14 km south of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 7, 1948.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 269
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
  4. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 364
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p.xxi, settlement #34, October 1948

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