Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
Place in Tiberias, Mandatory Palestine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 21, 1948. It was located 8 km north of Tiberias, nearby Wadi Rubadiyya.
Ghuwayr Abu Shusha
غُويّر أبو شوشة | |
|---|---|
 Maqam Sheikh Abu Shusha | |
| Etymology: from personal name; meaning the “father of” wearing “a top knot”[1] | |
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  Ghuwayr Abu Shusha Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°51′13″N 35°30′26″E | |
| Palestine grid | 197/251 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | 21 and 28 April 1948[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,609 dunams (8.609 km2 or 3.324 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,240[4][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Ginosar,[5] Livnim[5] |
In 1838 Edward Robinson found on the remains of a few dwellings, built of rough volcanic stones, some of which were still used as magazines by the Arabs of the plain. A wely with a white dome marked the spot. He found no traces of antiquity.[6]
In 1850-1851 de Saulcy saw the village, which he described as ruined. Of the village, all which remained was a few portions of wall of modern appearance, "but in the midst of these is still standing a square vaulted tower, constructed in fine blocks of Herodian workmanship, or Roman of the early empire. This tower rests against a wall of more recent character."[7]
In 1875 Victor Guérin visited and noted the little wely dedicated to Abou-Choutheh.[8]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as containing 20 Moslems, with housed built of basalt, located round a mill.[9] There were modern ruins in the village, and a number of ruined mills in the valley below.[10]
British mandate era
In the 1945 statistics it had a population of 1,240 Muslims,[4] with 8,609 dunams of land.[3] Of this, 21 dunams were used for citrus and bananas, 1,377 for plantations and irrigable land, 1,848 dunams for cereals,[11] while 6 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area.[12]
Ruins of watermills could be seen at the nearby Khirbat Abu Shusha.[13]
1948, and aftermath
The village was depopulated after a military assault on 21 and 28 April 1948.[2]
Kibbutz Ginosar presently occupies part of what was village land; so does Livnim, established in 1982 ca. 1 km northwest of the Ghuwayr Abu Shusha site.[5]
In 1992 the village site was described: "The village site is covered with thorns and wild vegetation, including Christ's-thorn trees and cactuses. The shrine of Shaykh Muhammad and the remains of a mill can be seen among piles of stones and a few olive trees. The lower-lying lands are planted in bananas and citrus, while the highlands are used as grazing areas by the Israelis."[5]
Maqam sheikh Abu Shusha, 2015
Maqam sheikh Abu Shusha, 2015
Maqam sheikh Abu Shusha, 2015
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