In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 90, all Muslim,[2] and the total land area was 2,328 dunums.[3] Of this, Arabs used 2,113 dunums for cereals,[11] while 3 dunams were classified as built-up urban areas.[12]
al-Mansura 1930 1:20,000al-Mansura 1945 1:250,000
1948, aftermath
Al-Mansura was depopulated on April 20, 1948, after a military assault.[4][13][14]
In 1992 it was described: "The site is planted with sycamore trees and there are also cactuses growing on it. The surrounding land is cultivated by the settlers of Mazkeret Batya, this settlement was founded [] on land belonging to Aqir."[15]
References
^Palmer, 1881, pp. 9, 272
^ a bDepartment of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
^ a b cGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
^ a bMorris, 2004, p. xix, village #260. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 120
^Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 21
^Guérin, 1869, pp. 34-35
^Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 408
^Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. 21
^Mills, 1932, p. 21
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 116
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 166
^Morris, 2004, p. 125 note #455, p. 157
^Morris, 2004, p. 240 note #581, p. 295
^Khalidi, 1992, p. 398
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