Dayr Muhaysin

Dayr Muhaysin
Dayr Muhaysin
Subdistrict Ramle
Coordinates 31°49′37.30″N 34°55′55.95″E / 31.8270278°N 34.9322083°E / 31.8270278; 34.9322083Coordinates: 31°49′37.30″N 34°55′55.95″E / 31.8270278°N 34.9322083°E / 31.8270278; 34.9322083
Palestine grid 143/137
Population 460 (1945)
Date of depopulation April 6, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current localities Beqoa'

Dayr Muhaysin was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 12 km southeast of Ramla and 4 km west of Latrun. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 6, 1948 during Operation Nachshon.

In 1945, the village had a population of 460.

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #327. Also gives cause for depopulation

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