Aqqur

Aqqur
Aqqur
Subdistrict Jerusalem
Coordinates 31°45′29.60″N 35°04′56.20″E / 31.7582222°N 35.0822778°E / 31.7582222; 35.0822778Coordinates: 31°45′29.60″N 35°04′56.20″E / 31.7582222°N 35.0822778°E / 31.7582222; 35.0822778
Palestine grid 157/129
Population 40 (1945)
Area 5,522 dunams
Date of depopulation July 13–14, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces

Aqqur was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948 under Operation Dani. It was located 14.5 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi Isma'il, a tributary of the Wadi al-Sarar.

A British anthropologist, writing in 1932, reported that there was a group of Sidr trees north east of the village believed to be protected by spirits.[2]

In 1945, it had a population of 40. 'Aqqur had a maqam for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman.

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #352. Also gives cause of depopulation
  2. Crowfoot, M. Grace with Louise Baldenserger (1932) From Cedar to Hyssop. A study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. The Sheldon Press, London. p.112

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