Al-Qudayriyya () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. On May 4, 1948 during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, it was depopulated by the Haganah and the Palmach's First Battalion in Operation Matateh, a sub-operation of Operation Yiftach. It was located 6.5 km south of Safad and 1 km east of Wadi al-'Amud.
History In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described nearby Kh. en Nueiriyehmeaning "the ruin of the gypsies", according to Palmer, 1881, p. 129 as having "heaps of drafted masonry on the top of terraced hill, with a rock-cut well and three rock-cut wine-presses".Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 404 According to Khalidi, these were remains of Roman and Byzantine eras.
British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, Qudairiyeh had a population of 194; all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Safad, p. 42 falling to 72 in the 1931 census in a total of 14 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 109
In the 1945 statistics, the population was 390 Muslims, with a total of 12,487 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 2,029 dunams were used for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 120 while 10,458 dunams were non-cultivable area.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 170
The village had a shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh al-Rumi; Khirbat al-Nuwayriyya was also located there.
1948, aftermath The village was depopulated during Operation Matateh, on May 4, 1948.Morris, 2004, p. 249Morris, 2004, p. 445Morris, 2004, p. 460
References
Bibliography
al-Qawuqji, F. (1972): Memoirs of al-Qawuqji, Fauzi in Journal of Palestine Studies "Memoirs, 1948, Part I" in 1, no. 4 (Sum. 72): 27-58., dpf-file, downloadable "Memoirs, 1948, Part II" in 2, no. 1 (Aut. 72): 3-33., dpf-file, downloadable
External links Welcome To al-Qudayriyya al-Qudayriyya, Zochrot al-Qudayriyya from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center Al-Qudayriyya, Dr. Khalil Rizk. Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6: IAA, Wikimedia commons