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Al-Manshiyya, Acre
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This article is about the village in the Acre District. For other villages, see Al-Manshiyya (disambiguation).
Al-Manshiyya (Arabic: المنشية),[5] was a Palestinian village with a Muslim orphanage and a mosque known as the mosque of Abu 'Atiyya, which is still standing.
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المنشيه | |
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![]() Ancient tomb of Abu Ataba, now the residential home of a Jewish family. | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Manshiyya, Acre (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°55′56″N 35°05′26″E | |
Palestine grid | 159/260 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Acre |
Date of depopulation | 14 May 1948 (Operation Ben-Ami)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 14,886 dunams (14.886 km2 or 5.748 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 810[3][2] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Shomrat,[4] Bustan HaGalil[4] |
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The area just north of the village was a garden planted by Sulayman Pasha, who was the ruler of Acre in the early 19th century, named Arabic: قصر بهجي, Qasr Bahjī, mansion of delight; today this is known as the shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, who was the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.