Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

المسمية الصغيرة
Masmiyyat al-Hurani
al-Huraniyya
al-Masmiyya al-Saghira المسمية الصغيرة Masmiyyat al-Hurani ; al-Huraniyya
Village
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira (click the buttons)
	al-Masmiyya al-Saghira Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°45′10″N 34°47′56″E / 31.75278°N 34.79889°E
Palestine grid	131/128
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	July 8–9, 1948
Area
• Total	6,478 dunams (6.478 km2 or 2.501 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	530
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Masmiya Bet, Kfar HaRif

Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira (Arabic: المسمية الصغيرة), also known as Mamsiyyat al-Hurani, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 42 kilometers (26 mi) northeast of Gaza. Established in the 19th century,^[5] it was situated at an elevation of 60 meters (200 ft) in the southern coastal plain of Ottoman Syria. Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, but prior to that, in 1945, it had a population of 530 inhabitants.^[5]

^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 32
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #274. Also gives the cause for depopulation.
^ also known as Masmiya Shalom. Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #72, established in 1949
^ ^a ^b ^c Khalidi, 1992, p. 126

[DoS1945-1] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 32

[Hadawi46-2] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46

[3] Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #274. Also gives the cause for depopulation.

[4] so known as Masmiya Shalom. Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #72, established in 1949

[Khalidi126-5] Khalidi, 1992, p. 126

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al-Masmiyya al-Saghira المسمية الصغيرة Masmiyyat al-Hurani al-Huraniyya
Village
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira (click the buttons)
al-Masmiyya al-Saghira Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°45′10″N 34°47′56″E / 31.75278°N 34.79889°E / 31.75278; 34.79889
Palestine grid	131/128
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	July 8–9, 1948^[3]
Area ^[2]
• Total	6,478 dunams (6.478 km² or 2.501 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	530^[1]^[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Masmiya Bet,^[4] Kfar HaRif^[5]