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'Arab Sukrir (Arabic: عرب سكرير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 38 kilometers (24 mi) northeast of Gaza in a flat area with an elevation of 25 meters (82 ft) along the coastal plain just north of Isdud. The total land area of the village was 40,224 dunams, of which 12,270 was Arab-owned, while the remainder was public property. In 1931, it had a population of 530, decreasing to 390 in 1945. It was destroyed and depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
The latter part of the town's name, 'Arab Sukrir could have derived from the Canaanite name of the site, "Shakrun".
Al-Maqrizi mentions Sukrir as a place that the new amir Lajin passed through on his return to Egypt, after the defeat of his rival the sultan Kitbagha in 1296 C.E
Under the Ottoman Empire, in 1596, it was under the administration of the nahiya of Gaza, part of the Liwa of Gaza. With a population of 55 (10 households), all Muslims. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, sesame, beehives, and goats; a total of 2,000 Akçe. The original inhabitants of the village were Muslim Bedouins who gradually settled on the site, built stone houses, and became farmers.
Arab Sukrir was mainly inhabited the Bedouin tribe of 'Arab al-Malaliha (عرب الملالحة). These nomadic people, who inhabited the sand dunes, depended on livestock, transportation, and basic agriculture for survival. Due to their transient lifestyle and modest material possessions, their presence has left only faint marks in the archaeological record.
Socin found from an official Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that the place (called Abu Suweirih) had 41 houses and a population of 105, though the population count included men, only. Hartmann disagreed both about the number of houses, and the identification. Excavations at the site, today called Tel Mor, revealed traces of Late Ottoman infant jar-burials, commonly associated with nomads or itinerant workers of Egyptian origins.
In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Abu Sweirah had a population of 530 Muslims.
In the 1945 statistics the population of Arab Sukrir consisted of 390 Muslims and the land area was 40,224 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 583 dunams were designated for citrus and bananas, 489 for plantations and irrigable land, 15,538 for cereals, while 966 dunams were non-cultivable.
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'Arab Sukrir (Arabic: عرب سكرير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 38 kilometers (24 mi) northeast of Gaza in a flat area with an elevation of 25 meters (82 ft) along the coastal plain just north of Isdud. The total land area of the village was 40,224 dunams, of which 12,270 was Arab-owned, while the remainder was public property. In 1931, it had a population of 530, decreasing to 390 in 1945. It was destroyed and depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
The latter part of the town's name, 'Arab Sukrir could have derived from the Canaanite name of the site, "Shakrun".
Al-Maqrizi mentions Sukrir as a place that the new amir Lajin passed through on his return to Egypt, after the defeat of his rival the sultan Kitbagha in 1296 C.E
Under the Ottoman Empire, in 1596, it was under the administration of the nahiya of Gaza, part of the Liwa of Gaza. With a population of 55 (10 households), all Muslims. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, sesame, beehives, and goats; a total of 2,000 Akçe. The original inhabitants of the village were Muslim Bedouins who gradually settled on the site, built stone houses, and became farmers.
Arab Sukrir was mainly inhabited the Bedouin tribe of 'Arab al-Malaliha (عرب الملالحة). These nomadic people, who inhabited the sand dunes, depended on livestock, transportation, and basic agriculture for survival. Due to their transient lifestyle and modest material possessions, their presence has left only faint marks in the archaeological record.
Socin found from an official Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that the place (called Abu Suweirih) had 41 houses and a population of 105, though the population count included men, only. Hartmann disagreed both about the number of houses, and the identification. Excavations at the site, today called Tel Mor, revealed traces of Late Ottoman infant jar-burials, commonly associated with nomads or itinerant workers of Egyptian origins.
In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Abu Sweirah had a population of 530 Muslims.
In the 1945 statistics the population of Arab Sukrir consisted of 390 Muslims and the land area was 40,224 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 583 dunams were designated for citrus and bananas, 489 for plantations and irrigable land, 15,538 for cereals, while 966 dunams were non-cultivable.
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