Fardisya فرديسيا | |
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| Etymology: Paradise[1] | |
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  Fardisya Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:32°16′41″N35°00′47″E / 32.27806°N 35.01306°E /32.27806; 35.01306 | |
| Palestine grid | 151/187 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | April 1, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,092dunams (1.092 km2; 0.422 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 20[2][3] |
| Current Localities | Sha'ar Efraim[4] |
Fardisya was aPalestinian Arab hamlet in theTulkarm Subdistrict, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south ofTulkarm.
It was depopulated during the1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 1, 1948, under Operation Coastal Clearing, and was mostly destroyed with the exception of a single deserted house.
The village was home to the Desuqi family, descendants ofIbrahim al-Desuqi, an EgyptianSufi leader who lived inDesouk,Egypt during the 13th century and founded theDesuqiyya order. His descendants migrated toPalestine in 1780, and two of them settled at Fardisya. The Desuqi family are their descendants.[5][6]
Today the area where the village stood been subsumed into the Arab-Israeli town ofTayibe. The Desuqi family today lives in Taybeh.[5]
Achaelological excavations have recoveredceramics from theIron Age (c. tenth century BCE), and asarcophagus from theRoman era.[7][8]
TheCrusaders referred to Fardisya asPhardesi.[4] In 1207–08 theHospitallers received from LadyJuliana of Caesarea the villages ofPharaon (Far´un) andSeingibis (Khirbat Nisf Jubail);[9]Phardesi marked the southern boundary of these lands.[10]
In 1265, Fardisya was among the villages and estates sultanBaibars allocated to hisemirs after he had expelled the Crusaders, with the whole of Fardisya given to hisemirSaif al-Din Baidaghan al-Rukni.[11]
Potsherds from theMamluk era have also been found here.[8]
Fardisa was incorporated into theOttoman Empire in 1517 with all ofPalestine, and in 1596 it appeared in thetax registers as being in theNahiya of Bani Sa'b of theLiwa ofNablus. It had a population of 83, (13 households and 2 bachelors), allMuslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 33% various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 5,000akçe. All the revenues went to awaqf.[4][12]
In 1838,Furdisia was noted as a village in theBeni Sa'ab area, west of Nablus.[13] In 1870,Victor Guérin noted that the village was situated on a hill.[14]
In the 1860s, the Ottoman authorities granted the village an agricultural plot of land called Ghabat Fardisya in the former confines of the Forest of Arsur (Ar. Al-Ghaba) in the coastal plain, west of the village.[15] The name of Ghabat is Fardisya is preserved in the name of the modern Jewish settlement ofPardesiya.[16]
In 1870/1871 (1288AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in thenahiya (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.[17]
In 1881, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) described "a small village near the edge of the hills, remarkable only from a palm growing at it.”[18]
In the1922 census of Palestine there were 15 villagers, all Muslim,[19] increasing in the1931 census to 55 Muslims, in a total of 14 houses.[20]
In the1945 statistics, Fardisiya had a population of 20 Muslims[2] with a total of 1,092dunums of land.[3] Of this, a total of 187 dunams were plantations and irrigated land, 388 dunums were for cereals,[21] while 19 dunams were classified as “built-up” areas.[22]
ThemoshavSha'ar Efraim is close to some of Fardisya's lands.[4]
The tomb of ash-Sheikh Musa al-Desuqi, the village'ssheikh, is located here. He was a descendant of an EgyptianSufi leader namedIbrahim al-Desuqi (1255-1296), who hailed fromDesouk in northernEgypt. Ibrahim al-Desuqi is considered one of the descendants of the Shiite EmirJa'far al-Sadiq. He founded theDesuqiyya order, one of four mainSufi orders in Egypt, and his tomb remains a site of mass pilgrimage in Egypt. Ibrahim al-Desuqi's descendants arrived inPalestine in 1780, with Musa ad-Dasuqi and his brother Ibrahim settling in Fardisya.[5]
Musa, who is the ancestor of the Dasuqi family still residing in Taybe today, gained a revered status and was buried there. The tomb area became a burial site for members of the Dasuki family. Local belief holds that he safeguards the area, prevents theft, and has the power to heal the sick. According to local tradition, a woman who once slept on a nearby rock became mentally disturbed upon waking up.[5]
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