Name meaning from personal name Area 2,720 dunams Palestine grid 155/240 Date of depopulation 25 April 1948 | Subdistrict Haifa Local time Monday 1:11 AM Arabic ياجور | |
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Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces Secondary cause Influence of nearby town's fall Weather 13°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 77% Humidity | ||
Yajur (Arabic: ياجور, Yâjûr) was a Palestinian Arab village located 9.5 km southeast of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 25, 1948.
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History
Yajur was mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders during the hudna (truce) between the Crusaders based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan Al Mansur Qalawun declared in 1283.
British Mandate era
In 1921, some of the land of Yajur was sold by Nasrallah Kuri to Yehoshua Hankin. The village population in 1945 was 610.
Fragments of glass, and tombs with sarcophagi are located in the old village area today.
References
Yajur, Haifa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA