Bayt Thul

Bayt Thul
Bayt Thul
Subdistrict Jerusalem
Coordinates 31°49′20.90″N 35°04′25.90″E / 31.8224722°N 35.0738611°E / 31.8224722; 35.0738611Coordinates: 31°49′20.90″N 35°04′25.90″E / 31.8224722°N 35.0738611°E / 31.8224722; 35.0738611
Palestine grid 157/136
Population 260 (1945)
Area 4,629 dunams
Date of depopulation Not known[1]
Current localities Nataf,[2] Newe Ilan[3]

Bayt Thul was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Bayt Thul had a population of 182 inhabitants, in 43 inhabited houses.[4] It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 1, 1948 under Operation Nachshon. It was located 15.5 km west of Jerusalem.

In 1945, the village had a population of 260. Bayt Thul has several Khirbats containing columns and foundations of ruined buildings and cisterns.

References

  1. ↑ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #358. Gives both cause and date of depopulation as "Not known"
  2. ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 290
  3. ↑ Close by, but on land traditionally belonging to Abu Ghosh, according to Khalidi, 1992, p. 290
  4. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 38

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