Khirbat al-Majdal

This article is about the village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. For other villages, see Majdal.

Khirbat al-Majdal خربة المجدل
Village
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Majdal (click the buttons)
Khirbat al-Majdal Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°23′39″N34°56′15″E / 32.39417°N 34.93750°E / 32.39417; 34.93750
Palestine grid	149/201
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm

Khirbat al-Majdal was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, under Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 10 km northwest of Tulkarm.

History

Khirbat al-Majdal was located on the Crusader place called Megedallum. The site had a well, around which bedouin gradually settled. ^[1]

The village had a shrine for a local sage known by al-Shaykh Abdallah. Today, Sde Yitzhaq is located near the village lands, but on land belonging to Raml Zayta. ^[2]

References

1. Khalidi, 1992, p. 556
2. Khalidi, 1992, p. 557

Bibliography

• Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN   0-88728-224-5.

External links

• Welcome To Khirbat al-Majdal
• Khirbat al-Majdal, Zochrot
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons