Al-Manshiyya, Acre
Al-Manshiyya (Arabic: المنشية), was a Palestinian village with a Muslim orphanage and a mosque known as the mosque of Abu 'Atiyya, which is still standing.
al-Manshiyya
المنشيه | |
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Ancient tomb of Abu Ataba, now the residential home of a Jewish family. | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Manshiyya, Acre (click the buttons) | |
al-Manshiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°55′56″N 35°05′26″E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/260 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | 14 May 1948 (Operation Ben-Ami) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14,886 dunams (14.886 km2 or 5.748 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 810 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Shomrat, Bustan HaGalil |
The area just north of the village was a garden planted by Sulayman Pasha, who was the ruler of Acre in the early 19th century, named Arabic: قصر بهجي, Qasr Bahjī, mansion of delight; today this is known as the shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, who was the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.
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