Khirbat Umm Sabuna

Coordinates: 32°35′10″N 35°32′32″E / 32.58611°N 35.54222°E / 32.58611; 35.54222
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Umm Sabuna
خربة أم صابونة
Kh. Umm Sabôny
Village
Etymology: the ruin of the mother of the soap-maker[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Umm Sabuna (click the buttons)
Umm Sabuna is located in Mandatory Palestine
Umm Sabuna
Umm Sabuna
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°35′10″N 35°32′32″E / 32.58611°N 35.54222°E / 32.58611; 35.54222
Palestine grid201/221
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulationMay 21, 1948
Population
 (1948)
 • Total868

Umm Sabuna (Arabic: خربة أم صابونة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 10.5 km northeast of Baysan and the 'Ayn Umm-Sabuna provided the village with water.

Location[edit]

Umm Sabuna was located at the foothill south-east of Kawkab al-Hawa.[2]

History[edit]

Ottoman era[edit]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Umm Sabôn "Foundations of buildings, apparently modern."[3]

British Mandate era[edit]

In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, it was counted under the Arab Es Saqr, who had a total population of 444; 443 Muslims and 1 Christian, in a total of 85 houses.[4]

The village was classified as a "hamlet" by the Palestine Index Gazetteer.[2]

The population in 1948 was 868.

1948 and aftermath[edit]

Khirbat Umm Sabuna presumably became depopulated as part of Operation Gideon, between 16 and 21 May, 1948.[2] Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel. Kibbutz Neve Ur was established in 1949, 1 km east of the village site.[2]

In 1992, the village site was described: "Only stone rubble remains on the village site. An orchard owned by the Neve Ur kibbutz is on village land. The hilly areas around the site are used by Israeli farmers for grazing."[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 163
  2. ^ a b c d e Khalidi, 1991, p. 65
  3. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 125
  4. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 81

Bibliography[edit]

External links[edit]