Al-Burayj

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Al-Burayj
Al-Burayj is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Burayj
Arabic
District Jerusalem
Coordinates 31°44′19.40″N 34°55′43.75″E / 31.738722°N 34.9288194°E / 31.738722; 34.9288194Coordinates: 31°44′19.40″N 34°55′43.75″E / 31.738722°N 34.9288194°E / 31.738722; 34.9288194
Population 720 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation Not known[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation

Al-Burayj was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jerusalem. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 19, 1948 during the first phase of Operation ha-Har. It was located 28.5 km west of Jerusalem.

In 1945, the village had a population of 720. al-Burayj had a mosque named al-'Umari mosque and a Greek Orthodox Monastery to the west. The village has several khirbas including cisterns, columns, mosaic floors, and caves etc.

A military base called Kanaf Staim is now located on the former grounds.

References

  1. ^ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #272. Gives both cause and date of depopulation as "Not known"

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