Al-Zuq al-Tahtani

Al-Zuq al-Tahtani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 11, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 30 km northeast of Safad.

Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
الزوق التحتاني
Village
Residents of al-Zuk al-Tahtani seen from a Palmach convoy. 1947.
Etymology: the lower Zuk (Zuk is a Syriac word meaning "town", or "village")
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Zuq al-Tahtani (click the buttons)
Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°12′54″N 35°36′04″E
Palestine grid205/291
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 11, 1948
Area
  Total11,634 dunams (11.634 km2 or 4.492 sq mi)
Population
 (1948)
  Total1,050
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesBeyt Hillel
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