Bayt Umm al-Mays
Bayt Umm al-Mays was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict.
Bayt Umm al-Mays
بيت أم الميس | |
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| Etymology: The house of the meis-tree (Cordia myxa) | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Bayt Umm al-Mays (click the buttons) | |
Bayt Umm al-Mays Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°46′49″N 35°04′49″E | |
| Palestine grid | 157/131 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | October 21, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,013 dunams (1.013 km2 or 250 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 70 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
The village was established and settled during the late British Mandatory period, and had 70 inhabitants in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 21, 1948, by the Har'el Brigade of Operation ha-Har. It was located 14 km west of Jerusalem.
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