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Dayr Abban had a mosque and a pipeline transporting water from 'Ayn Marjalayn, 5&nbsp;km to the east.<ref name=Khalidi283/> The village contains three khirbats: ''Khirbat Jinna'ir'', ''Khirbat Haraza'', and ''Khirbat al-Suyyag''.<ref name=Khalidi283/>
Dayr Abban had a mosque and a pipeline transporting water from 'Ayn Marjalayn, 5&nbsp;km to the east.<ref name=Khalidi283/> The village contains three khirbats: ''Khirbat Jinna'ir'', ''Khirbat Haraza'', and ''Khirbat al-Suyyag''.<ref name=Khalidi283/>

==After 1948==
After the [[Arab-Israeli War of 1948]], the ruin of Dayr Abban remained under Israeli control under the terms of the [[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 Armistice Agreement]]<ref>[http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/ForeignPolicy/MFADocuments/Yearbook1/Pages/Israel-Jordan%20Armistice%20Agreement.aspx The 1949 Armistice Agreement between Israel and Jordan]</ref> between Israel and [[Jordan]], until such time that the agreement was dissolved in 1967.<ref>[http://i46.tinypic.com/2uepnk8.png Enlarged map showing Dayr Abban (Deiraban) in relation to the "Green-Line"]</ref><ref>[http://www.btselem.org/download/settlements_map_heb.pdf Larger map showing "1949 Cease-fire line" (Green-line) between Israel and Jordan] (Hebrew)</ref>


Today, near the site of the old village, is built the [[moshav]], [[Mahseya]].<ref>''Yalqut Teiman'', Yosef Tobi and Shalom Seri (editors), Tel-Aviv 2000, p. 158, s.v. מחסיה (Hebrew) ISBN 965-7121-03-5</ref> It is built on the land of Dayr Aban, as is [[Tzor'a]], [[Beyt Shemesh]] and [[Yish'i]].<ref name=Khalidi283/>
Today, near the site of the old village, is built the [[moshav]], [[Mahseya]].<ref>''Yalqut Teiman'', Yosef Tobi and Shalom Seri (editors), Tel-Aviv 2000, p. 158, s.v. מחסיה (Hebrew) ISBN 965-7121-03-5</ref> It is built on the land of Dayr Aban, as is [[Tzor'a]], [[Beyt Shemesh]] and [[Yish'i]].<ref name=Khalidi283/>

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Template:Infobox former Arab villages in Palestine

Dayr Aban (also spelled Deir Aban; Arabic: دير آبان) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, located on the lower slope of a high ridge that formed the western slope of a mountain, to the east of Beit Shemesh. It was formerly bordered by olive trees to the north, east, and west. The valley, Wadi en-Najil, ran north and south on the west-side of the village. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 19, 1948, under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 21 km west of Jerusalem.

History

In pre-Roman and Roman times the settlement was referred to as "Abenezer", and may have been the location of the biblical site Eben-Ezer.(1 Samuel 4:1–11).[1][2]

Ottoman era

In 1596, Dayr Aban appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It had a population of 23 Muslim households and 23 Christian households;[3] that is, an estimated 127 persons.[4] They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olives, and goats or beehives; a total of 9,700 Akçe.[3]

Victor Guérin described it in 1863 as being a large village, and its adjacent valley "strewn with sesame."[5] An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that the village had a population of 443, in a total of 135 houses, though the population count included men, only.[6]

In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Dayr Aban as "a large village on the lower slope ot a high ridge, with a well to the north, and olives on the east, west, and north."[2]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Dair Aban had a population of 1,214 inhabitants, all Muslims,[7] increasing in the 1931 census to 1534 inhabitants, in 321 houses.[8]

In 1945, the village had a total population of 2,100 Arabs; 10 Christians and 2090 Muslims,[9] with a total of 22,734 dunums of land.[10] Of this, Arabs used 1,580 dunams for irrigable land or plantations, 14,925 for cereals,[11] while 54 dunams were built-up (urban) Arab land.[12]

Dayr Abban had a mosque and a pipeline transporting water from 'Ayn Marjalayn, 5 km to the east.[13] The village contains three khirbats: Khirbat Jinna'ir, Khirbat Haraza, and Khirbat al-Suyyag.[13]

After 1948

After the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, the ruin of Dayr Abban remained under Israeli control under the terms of the 1949 Armistice Agreement[14] between Israel and Jordan, until such time that the agreement was dissolved in 1967.[15][16]

Today, near the site of the old village, is built the moshav, Mahseya.[17] It is built on the land of Dayr Aban, as is Tzor'a, Beyt Shemesh and Yish'i.[13]

Houses being blown up by the Harel Brigade October 1948

Etymology

The prefix "Dayr" which appears in many village names is of Aramaic and Syriac-Aramaic origin, and has the connotation of "habitation," or "dwelling place," usually given to places where there was once a Christian population, or settlement of monks. In most cases, a monastery was formerly built there, and, throughout time, the settlement expanded.[18] Dayr Aban would, therefore, literally mean, "the Monastery of Aban."[19]

  • Dayr Aban-Ruin
    Dayr Aban-Ruin
  • Dayr Aban, stone wall
    Dayr Aban, stone wall
  • Dayr Aban, stone façade
    Dayr Aban, stone façade
  • Dayr Aban, Cistern
    Dayr Aban, Cistern
  • Dayr Aban
    Dayr Aban
  • Dayr Aban-Ruin
    Dayr Aban-Ruin
  • Dayr Aban, in sunlight
    Dayr Aban, in sunlight
  • Ruins of Dayr Aban, wall
    Ruins of Dayr Aban, wall
  • The outer wall of structure in Dayr Aban
    The outer wall of structure in Dayr Aban
  • Ruins of Dayr Aban
    Ruins of Dayr Aban
  • Dayr Aban, Olive and Almond Tree
    Dayr Aban, Olive and Almond Tree
  • Dayr Aban on the Background of Beit Shemesh
    Dayr Aban on the Background of Beit Shemesh
  • The ruins of Dayr Aban overlooking Beit Shemesh
    The ruins of Dayr Aban overlooking Beit Shemesh
  • Projecting wall, in Dayr Aban
    Projecting wall, in Dayr Aban
  • What remains of the inside wall of a house, with niche in wall
    What remains of the inside wall of a house, with niche in wall
  • Front wall of house in Dayr Aban
    Front wall of house in Dayr Aban
  • Razed buildings in Dayr Aban
    Razed buildings in Dayr Aban
  • Mouth of pit, one of many in Dayr Aban
    Mouth of pit, one of many in Dayr Aban
  • Razed structures in Dayr Aban
    Razed structures in Dayr Aban
  • A sign post of the cemetery in Dayr Aban
    A sign post of the cemetery in Dayr Aban
  • What remains of a house still stands tall
    What remains of a house still stands tall
  • Old structures in Dayr Aban
    Old structures in Dayr Aban
  • Sealed Archway in Dayr Aban
    Sealed Archway in Dayr Aban
  • House and tree amidst ruins, in Dayr Aban
    House and tree amidst ruins, in Dayr Aban

References

  1. ^ Conder, 1876, p. 149
  2. ^ a b Conder and Kitchener, 1883, p. 24
  3. ^ a b Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 119
  4. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 282
  5. ^ Guérin, 1869, pp. 22-23, 323
  6. ^ Socin, 1879, p. 151
  7. ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. 21
  8. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 19
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1945p24 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hadawi56 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 102
  12. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 152
  13. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Khalidi283 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ The 1949 Armistice Agreement between Israel and Jordan
  15. ^ Enlarged map showing Dayr Abban (Deiraban) in relation to the "Green-Line"
  16. ^ Larger map showing "1949 Cease-fire line" (Green-line) between Israel and Jordan (Hebrew)
  17. ^ Yalqut Teiman, Yosef Tobi and Shalom Seri (editors), Tel-Aviv 2000, p. 158, s.v. מחסיה (Hebrew) ISBN 965-7121-03-5
  18. ^ Al-Shabeshti, Diyārāt (Monasteries).
  19. ^ Cite error: The named reference Palmer293 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Bibliography

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