Tabsur
Tabsur (Arabic: تبصر), also Khirbat 'Azzun (Arabic: خربة عزون), was a Palestinian village located 19 kilometres southwest of Tulkarm. In 1931, the village had 218 houses and an elementary school for boys. Its Palestinian population was expelled during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Tabsur (Khirbat 'Azzun)
(تبصر(خربة عزون Tabsar, Khirbet 'Azzun | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: from personal name | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Tabsur (click the buttons) | |
Tabsur (Khirbat 'Azzun) Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°11′38″N 34°52′44″E | |
| Palestine grid | 138/177 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | 3 April 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,328 dunams (5.328 km2 or 2.057 sq mi) |
| Cause of evacuation | Expulsion by the Jewish Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ra'anana and Batzra |
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