Yazur
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Yazur was a Palestinian Arab town located 6 kilometers east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th-13th
Maqam (shrine) of Imam ʿAli, in early 1920s, (presently housing the Sha'arei Zion Synagogue)
Yazur 1929 1:20,000
Yazur 1945 1:250,000
Maqam (shrine) of Shaykh al-Katanani, 2008
Bayt Dajan
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Bayt Dajan, also known as Dajūn, was a Palestinian Arab village situated approximately 6 kilometers southeast of Jaffa. It is thought to have been the site of the biblical town of Beth Dagon, mentione
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…cupolas the one in the middle being the highest". In 1051 AH/1641/2, the Bedouin tribe of al-Sawālima from around Jaffa attacked the villages of Subṭāra, Bayt Dajan, al-Sāfiriya, Jindās, Lydda and Yāzūr belonging to Waqf Haseki Sultan. The Syrian Sufi teacher and traveller Mustafa al-Bakri al-Siddiqi (1688-1748/9…
Bayt Dajan, before 1935. From the Khalil Raad-collection.
Bayt Dajan 1929 1:20,000
Palmach HQ in Bayt Dajan,1947