Dayr Muhaysin
Dayr Muhaysin (Arabic: دير محيسن, Hebrew: דיר מוחיסין) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 12 km southeast of Ramla and 4 km west of Latrun. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war.
Dayr Muhaysin
دير مُحيسن Umm esh Shukf | |
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| Etymology: the monastery of good deeds | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Muhaysin (click the buttons) | |
Dayr Muhaysin Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′42″N 34°56′4″E | |
| Palestine grid | 143/137 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | April 6, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 460 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Beqoa' |
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