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Al-Khisas, Gaza
Al-Khisas (Arabic: خربة الخِصاص, Khirbat al-Khiṣāṣ) was a Palestinian Arab village in Palestine, located 18.5 kilometers (11.5 mi) northeast of Gaza near the modern city of Ashkelon.
Al-Khisas was located just west of Ni'ilya, south of Al-Jura.
Al-Khisas, called Khisas, was inhabited in the 15th century. Mamluk records show that in 1459 CE it was endowed was a waqf.
In 1838, in the late Ottoman era, el Khusas was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted", located in the Gaza district.
An official Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that Chasas had 6 houses and a population of 35, though the population count included men, only.
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Khurbet el Khesas "a few heaps of stones with a well near".
The modern village was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetter, and was built after World War I. Farmers from neighboring areas first built temporary huts at the site to shelter themselves during the harvest, gradually they settled and built adobe houses. The population relied on neighboring villages Al-Jura and Ni'ilya for medical, educational and administrative services.
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Khesas had a population of 102 inhabitants, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 133, still all Muslims, in 26 houses.
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Al-Khisas, Gaza
Al-Khisas (Arabic: خربة الخِصاص, Khirbat al-Khiṣāṣ) was a Palestinian Arab village in Palestine, located 18.5 kilometers (11.5 mi) northeast of Gaza near the modern city of Ashkelon.
Al-Khisas was located just west of Ni'ilya, south of Al-Jura.
Al-Khisas, called Khisas, was inhabited in the 15th century. Mamluk records show that in 1459 CE it was endowed was a waqf.
In 1838, in the late Ottoman era, el Khusas was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted", located in the Gaza district.
An official Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that Chasas had 6 houses and a population of 35, though the population count included men, only.
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Khurbet el Khesas "a few heaps of stones with a well near".
The modern village was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetter, and was built after World War I. Farmers from neighboring areas first built temporary huts at the site to shelter themselves during the harvest, gradually they settled and built adobe houses. The population relied on neighboring villages Al-Jura and Ni'ilya for medical, educational and administrative services.
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Khesas had a population of 102 inhabitants, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 133, still all Muslims, in 26 houses.