Al-Safiriyya

Al-Safiriyya
Al-Safiriyya
Subdistrict Jaffa
Coordinates 31°59′36.20″N 34°51′03.35″E / 31.9933889°N 34.8509306°E / 31.9933889; 34.8509306Coordinates: 31°59′36.20″N 34°51′03.35″E / 31.9933889°N 34.8509306°E / 31.9933889; 34.8509306
Palestine grid 135/155
Population 1945 (3070)
Area 12,842 dunams
Date of depopulation Not known[1]
Current localities Tzafria, Kfar Chabad, Ahi'ezer and the suburbs of Rishon LeZion

Al-Safiriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during Operation Hametz in the 1948 Palestine War on May 20, 1948.[2] It was located 11 km east of Jaffa. al-Safiriyya was known to the Byzantines and Crusaders as Sapharea or Saphyria.

In 1945 it had a population of 3,070. al-Safiriyya had two elementary schools, one for boys founded in 1920 which had an enrollment of 348 boys in 1945, and another school was for girls, founded in 1945 with 45 girls. Khirbat Subtara is one of the notable khirbat in the area.

It is located 1.5 km west of Ben Gurion Airport.

Es Safriye 1932 1:20,000

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p xviii village #220. Morris gives both cause and date of depopulation as "not known".
  2. Khalidi, 1992, p. 253

Bibliography

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