Ayn al-Mansi

Ayn al-Mansi
عين المنسي
'Ein al-Mansi
Etymology: el Mensi= "the forgotten"[1]
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Ayn al-Mansi is located in Mandatory Palestine
Ayn al-Mansi
Ayn al-Mansi
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°35′36″N 35°10′38″E / 32.59333°N 35.17722°E / 32.59333; 35.17722
Palestine grid166/222
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJenin
Date of depopulationmid-April 1948[2]
Area
 • Total1,295 dunams (1.295 km2 or 320 acres)
Population
 (1945[3][4])
 • Total90
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces

Ayn al-Mansi (Arabic: عين المنسي, Ein el Mansî) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jenin of the Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated as a result of a military attack in mid-April during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.[2]

History

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During the 19th and first half of the 20th century, Ayn al-Mansi was one of the settlements of the so-called "Fahmawi Commonwealth" established by Hebronite clans belonging to Umm al-Fahm. The Commonwealth consisted of a network of interspersed communities connected by ties of kinship, and socially, economically and politically affiliated with Umm al Fahm. The Commonwealth dominated vast sections of Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, Wadi 'Ara and Marj Ibn 'Amir/Jezreel Valley during that time.[5]

In the 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described El Mensi as: "A small ruined village, with springs."[6]

British Mandate era

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In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ein el Mansi had 73 Muslim inhabitants, in a total of 15 houses.[7]

In addition to agriculture, residents practiced animal husbandry which formed was an important source of income for the town. In 1943, they owned 13 heads of cattle, 2 horses, 10 donkeys, 270 fowls, and 10 pigeons.[8]

In the 1945 Village Statistics, Ayn al-Mansi's population was estimated at 90 Muslims,[3] and the jurisdiction of the village was 1,295 dunams of land.[4] Of this, 186 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 868 dunams were used for cereals,[9] while 2 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[10]

1948 and aftermath

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Ayn al-Mansi became depopulated after Military assault in mid-April 1948.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 151
  2. ^ a b c Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #386. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 Also gives total land area in dunums.
  5. ^ Marom, Roy; Tepper, Yotam; Adams, Matthew J. (2024-01-03). "Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: 8–11. doi:10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340. ISSN 1353-0194.
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 67
  7. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 68
  8. ^ Marom, Roy; Tepper, Yotam; Adams, Matthew J. (2024-01-03). "Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: 20. doi:10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340. ISSN 1353-0194.
  9. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 98
  10. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 148

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