Al-Mas'udiyya
Al-Mas'udiyya (also known as Summayl), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on December 25, 1947. It was located 5 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 1.5 km south of the al-'Awja River. The village used to be known as Summayl.
Al-Mas'udiyya
المسعوديّة/صميل Summayl | |
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Remains of Al-Mas'udiyya, in 2005. | |
| Etymology: Summeil, personal name, from "hard", or "withered" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mas'udiyya (click the buttons) | |
Al-Mas'udiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°05′07″N 34°46′54″E | |
| Palestine grid | 129/165 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | December 25, 1947 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 850 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | part of Tel Aviv |
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