Khirbat al-Tannur

Khirbat al-Tannur
خربة التنور
Etymology: "The lower Allar"[1]
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Khirbat al-Tannur is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat al-Tannur
Khirbat al-Tannur
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°42′54″N 35°02′55″E / 31.71500°N 35.04861°E / 31.71500; 35.04861
Palestine grid154/124
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulationOctober 21, 1948
Population
 (19th century)
 • Total400
Current LocalitiesMata[2]

Khirbat al-Tannur (Arabic: خربة التنور), also known as Allar al-Sifla ("Lower Allar"),[3] was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, near Allar. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 21, 1948, under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 283
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Petersen, 2001, pp. 92-93

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