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Al-Burayj, Jerusalem
Al-Burayj or Bureij, lit. 'little tower', was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948, during the first phase of Operation Ha-Har. The village was located 28.5 km west of Jerusalem.
In 1838 el-Bureij was noted as a Muslim village, located in er-Ramleh district.
In 1863 Victor Guérin noted it as a village of 200 inhabitants. The Sheikh's house was described as "fairly large and fairly constructed"; the others, less so. Tobacco plantations were spread around. He also noted large ancient blocks, which, it was said, originated from Kh[irbet] Tibneh, just to the north.
Socin found from an official Ottoman village list from about 1870 that buredsch had a population of 116 in a total of 41 houses, though that population count included men, only. It was further noted that it was located between Mughallis and Saydun. Hartmann found that el-buredsch had 40 houses.
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described El Bureij as: "A small village on high ground, having a high house or tower in the middle, from which it is named."
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Buraij had a population of 398; all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 621; 7 Christians and 614 Muslims, in a total of 132 houses.
In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 720; 10 Christians and 710 Muslims, with a total of 19,080 dunums of land. Of this, 31 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 77 were for irrigable land or plantations, 9,426 for cereals, while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) Arab land.
Al-Burayj's had a mosque named al-'Umari Mosque, and it was also home to a Greek Orthodox monastery.
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Al-Burayj, Jerusalem
Al-Burayj or Bureij, lit. 'little tower', was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948, during the first phase of Operation Ha-Har. The village was located 28.5 km west of Jerusalem.
In 1838 el-Bureij was noted as a Muslim village, located in er-Ramleh district.
In 1863 Victor Guérin noted it as a village of 200 inhabitants. The Sheikh's house was described as "fairly large and fairly constructed"; the others, less so. Tobacco plantations were spread around. He also noted large ancient blocks, which, it was said, originated from Kh[irbet] Tibneh, just to the north.
Socin found from an official Ottoman village list from about 1870 that buredsch had a population of 116 in a total of 41 houses, though that population count included men, only. It was further noted that it was located between Mughallis and Saydun. Hartmann found that el-buredsch had 40 houses.
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described El Bureij as: "A small village on high ground, having a high house or tower in the middle, from which it is named."
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Buraij had a population of 398; all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 621; 7 Christians and 614 Muslims, in a total of 132 houses.
In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 720; 10 Christians and 710 Muslims, with a total of 19,080 dunums of land. Of this, 31 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 77 were for irrigable land or plantations, 9,426 for cereals, while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) Arab land.
Al-Burayj's had a mosque named al-'Umari Mosque, and it was also home to a Greek Orthodox monastery.
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