Daliyat al-Rawha'
Daliyat al-Rawha' (Arabic: دالية الروحاء, Dâliyat er Rûhâ, "vineyards (دالية) of al-Rawha") was a Palestinian village located 24.5 kilometers (15.2 mi) southeast of Haifa. It was the site of the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the forces of the Mamluks and the Crusaders in the 13th century. A small village of 60 Arab Muslims in the late 19th century, the kibbutz of Dalia was established on land purchased in the village in 1939. The population in 1945 reached 600 people: 280 Arabs and 320 Jews. It was depopulated of its Arab inhabitants in late March during the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine.
Daliyat al-Rawha'
دالية الروحاء Daliyat al Ruha, Daliyat ar Ruha | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: "The trailing vine of er Rûhah", p.n. | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Daliyat al-Rawha' (click the buttons) | |
Daliyat al-Rawha' Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°36′7″N 35°04′38″E | |
| Palestine grid | 157/223 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | late March 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,008 dunams (10.008 km2 or 3.864 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 600 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ramot Menashe? Dalia |
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