Al-Qabu
Al-Qabu (Arabic: القبو, "the vault, or cellar") was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine.
al-Qabu
القبو Qabu, Kabu | |
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The mosque for Shaykh Ahmad al-Umari | |
| Etymology: "the vault, or cellar" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Qabu (click the buttons) | |
al-Qabu Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′40″N 35°07′10″E | |
| Palestine grid | 161/126 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | 22–23 October 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,806 dunams (3.806 km2 or 1.470 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 260 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Mevo Beitar |
Al-Qabu was depopulated on 22–23 October 1948, following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Following Israel's establishment, homes in the village were blown up by Israeli troops in May 1949 and in 1950, the moshav of Mevo Beitar was founded on the village lands.
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