Al-Mazar, Jenin

Al-Mazar

المزار
Al-Mazar المزار
Village
	Etymology: "shrine", "a place one visits"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mazar, Jenin (click the buttons)
	Al-Mazar Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°31′38″N 35°21′33″E / 32.52722°N 35.35917°E
Palestine grid	184/214
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jenin
Date of depopulation	30 May 1948
Area
• Total	14,501 dunams (14.501 km2 or 5.599 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	270
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Prazon, Meitav, and Gan Ner

Al-Mazar (Arabic: المزار) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jenin. Situated on Mount Gilboa, its history stretched back to the period of Mamluk rule over Palestine (13th century). An agricultural village, its villagers traced their ancestry to nomads descended from a Sufi mystic from Jaba', Syria.^[5]^[6]

Al-Mazar was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war, and incorporated into the newly established state of Israel.^[5] The Israeli villages of Prazon, Meitav, and Gan Ner were established on al-Mazar's former lands.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 165
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #122. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 337
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[Palmer165-1] Palmer, 1881, p. 165

[DoS1945-2] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

[Hadawi54-3] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 Archived 2012-02-29 at the Wayback Machine

[Morris123-4] Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #122. Also gives cause of depopulation

[Khalidi337-5] Khalidi, 1992, p. 337

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Al-Mazar المزار
Village
Etymology: "shrine", "a place one visits"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mazar, Jenin (click the buttons)
Al-Mazar Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°31′38″N 35°21′33″E / 32.52722°N 35.35917°E / 32.52722; 35.35917
Palestine grid	184/214
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jenin
Date of depopulation	30 May 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	14,501 dunams (14.501 km² or 5.599 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	270^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Prazon, Meitav, and Gan Ner