Salbit

Salbit

سلبيت
Selebi, Shaalvim, Shaalbim, Shaalabbin^[1]^[2]
Salbit سلبيت Selebi, Shaalvim, Shaalbim, Shaalabbin
	Etymology: from personal name
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Salbit (click the buttons)
	Salbit Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°52′10″N 34°59′11″E / 31.86944°N 34.98639°E
Palestine grid	148/141
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	15–16 July 1948
Area
• Total	6,111 dunams (6.111 km2 or 2.359 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	510
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Shaalvim

Salbit (Arabic: سلبيت, also spelled Selbît^[8]) was a Palestinian Arab village located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) southeast of al-Ramla.^[9] Salbit was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after a military assault by Israeli forces.^[6] The Israeli locality of Shaalvim was established on the former village's lands in 1951.

^ Taylor, 1993, p. 68
^ Smith, 1857, p. 972
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 326
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
^ ^a ^b Morris, 2004, p. xix village #239. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 410
^ Eric. F. Mason (31 December 2000). "Shaalbim". In David Noel Freedman; Allen C. Myers (eds.). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. p. 1193. ISBN 978-90-5356-503-2.
^ "Salbit". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2009-04-28.

[Taylorp68-1] Taylor, 1993, p. 68

[Smithp972-2] Smith, 1857, p. 972

[3] Palmer, 1881, p. 326

[DoS30-4] Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30

[Hadawi68-5] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68

[Morrispxix-6] Morris, 2004, p. xix village #239. Also gives cause of depopulation.

[Khalidip410-7] Khalidi, 1992, p. 410

[8] Eric. F. Mason (31 December 2000). "Shaalbim". In David Noel Freedman; Allen C. Myers (eds.). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. p. 1193. ISBN 978-90-5356-503-2.

[PR-9] "Salbit". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2009-04-28.

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Salbit سلبيت Selebi, Shaalvim, Shaalbim, Shaalabbin^[1]^[2]
Etymology: from personal name^[3]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Salbit (click the buttons)
Salbit Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′10″N 34°59′11″E / 31.86944°N 34.98639°E / 31.86944; 34.98639
Palestine grid	148/141
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	15–16 July 1948^[6]
Area
• Total	6,111 dunams (6.111 km² or 2.359 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	510^[4]^[5]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Shaalvim^[7]