Barrat Qisarya
Barrat Qisarya (Arabic: برة قيسارية, lit. 'outskirts of Caesarea') was a Palestinian Arab Bedouin village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was ethnically cleansed during the Zionist invasion on February 15, 1948. According to Morris in February 1948, the 'Arab al Sufsafi and Saidun Bedouin, who inhabited the dunes between Qisarya and Pardes left the area. Evidence of previous occupation includes pieces of marble, pottery and glass, as well as ruined walls. It was located 32 km southwest of Haifa.
Barrat Qisarya | |
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1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Barrat Qisarya (click the buttons) | |
Barrat Qisarya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°30′34″N 34°54′33″E | |
| Palestine grid | 143/213 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | mid-April, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Or Akiva |
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