Al-'Ulmaniyya العلمانية 'Ulmaniya, al[1] | |
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Village | |
 Al-'Ulmaniyya 1946 | |
| Etymology: Kh. ’Almânîyeh, the ruin of ’Almânîyeh[2] | |
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  Al-'Ulmaniyya Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:33°04′24″N35°35′12″E / 33.07333°N 35.58667°E /33.07333; 35.58667 | |
| Palestine grid | 205/275 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | April 20, 1948[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,169dunams (1.169 km2; 0.451 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 260[3][4] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault byYishuv forces |
Al-'Ulmaniyya was aPalestinianArab village in theSafad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion ofOperation Yiftach. It was located 14.5 km northeast ofSafad.
In 1596 it appeared in theOttomantax registers, as being in thenahiyah ("subdistrict") of Jira, part of theLiwa ("district") ofSafad. It had a population of 8 Households and 2 bachelors; an estimated 55 persons, allMuslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, vegetable and fruit garden, orchards, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and water buffaloes; a total of 2,559Akçe. All of the revenue went to aWaqf.[5][6][7]
In 1881, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine noted atKh. Almaniyeh: "A few cattle-sheds and traces of ruins".[8]
In the1922 census of Palestine conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities, 'Almaniyeh had a population of 122 Muslims,[9] increasing in the1931 census, when it was counted together withZubeid, to 432; 5 Christians and 427 Muslims, in a total of 100 houses.[10]
In the1945 statistics the village had a population of 260 Muslims[3] with 1,169 dunams of land.[4]Of this, 1,135 dunams were used for cereals,[11] while the built-up areas of the village amounted to 9 dunams.[12]
Al-'Ulmaniyya became depopulated on April 20, 1948, after a military assault byYishuv forces.[1][13]
Yesud ha-Ma’ala is 2.5 km southeast of the village site.[14]
In 1992 the village site was described: "The site is thickly wooded with eucalyptus trees, making it difficult to discern any remains of the village. Work is proceeding on street construction for Lake al-Hula's nature preservation area. Some of the surrounding lands are cultivated, but most have either been made part of the preservation area or are marshland."[14]
