Al-Mirr
Al-Mirr, also named Mahmudiyeh ("the property of Mahmud"), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict, which was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on February 1, 1948.
Al-Mirr
المرّ / المحمودية Molendina desubter Mirabellum | |
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Remains of Mill building | |
| Etymology: "The passage". | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mirr (click the buttons) | |
Al-Mirr Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°06′43″N 34°54′57″E | |
| Palestine grid | 142/168 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | February or March, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 51 dunams (5.1 ha or 13 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 170 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
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