Al-Haram, Jaffa
Al-Haram (El Haram ʿAly Ibn ʿAleim, also Sayyiduna Ali or Sidna Ali "sanctuary of ʿAli [Ibn ʿAleim]", Hebrew: אל-חרם, Arabic: الحرم), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict, in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 16 km (10 miles) north of Jaffa, adjacent to the ruins of the medieval walled city of Arsuf, and its extent was estimated to range between 9,653 and 11,698 dunams of which 5,150 were accounted for in the cadastral registrations. It was depopulated during the 1948 war.
Al-Haram | |
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Village | |
Sidna Ali Mosque in Al-Haram | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Haram, Jaffa (click the buttons) | |
Al-Haram Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°11′17″N 34°48′24″E | |
| Palestine grid | 131/177 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | 3 February 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,681 dunams (2.681 km2 or 1.035 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 520 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
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