Deir al-Dubban

Deir al-Dubban

دير الدبان
Dayr ad-Dhubban
Deir al-Dubban دير الدبان Dayr ad-Dhubban
	Etymology: "Monastery of the Flies"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Deir al-Dubban (click the buttons)
	Deir al-Dubban Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°40′23″N 34°53′33″E / 31.67306°N 34.89250°E
Palestine grid	139/120
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Hebron
Date of depopulation	October 23–24, 1948
Area
• Total	7,784 dunams (7.784 km2 or 3.005 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	730
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Luzit, Britannia Park

Deir al-Dubban (Arabic: دير الدبان, from Dayr ad-Dhubban, literally, the "Monastery of the Flies"^[1]) was a small Palestinian village 26 kilometers (16 mi) northwest of Hebron, near the modern village of Luzit, between Jerusalem, and Ashkelon.^[6] The village was ethnically cleansed in the 1948 Palestine War.

^ ^a ^b Palmer, 1881, p. 267
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #293, Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ Dear Prince William, if you have to go, make it count, Robert Cohen, March 10, 2018, Mondoweiss
^ Sharon, 2004, pp. 20-36

[Palmer267-1] Palmer, 1881, p. 267

[1945p23-2] Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 23

[Hadawi50-3] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 50 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #293, Also gives cause of depopulation.

[5] Dear Prince William, if you have to go, make it count, Robert Cohen, March 10, 2018, Mondoweiss

[Sharon-6] Sharon, 2004, pp. 20-36

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Deir al-Dubban دير الدبان Dayr ad-Dhubban
Etymology: "Monastery of the Flies"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Deir al-Dubban (click the buttons)
Deir al-Dubban Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°40′23″N 34°53′33″E / 31.67306°N 34.89250°E / 31.67306; 34.89250
Palestine grid	139/120
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Hebron
Date of depopulation	October 23–24, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	7,784 dunams (7.784 km² or 3.005 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	730^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Luzit, Britannia Park^[5]