Bir Ma'in

Bir Ma'in

بئر ماعين
Bir Ma'in بئر ماعين
	Sitt Manna', one of five sisters, whose maqam is just northeast of the centre of Bir Ma'in
	Etymology: The well of springs
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Bir Ma'in (click the buttons)
	Bir Ma'in Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°53′17″N 35°01′12″E / 31.88806°N 35.02000°E
Palestine grid	152/143
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 15–16, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	510
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Makkabim

Bir Ma'in (Arabic: بير اماعين/ماعين) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 15, 1948 during the second phase of Operation Danny by the First and Second Battalions of the Yiftach Brigade. It was located 14 km east of Ramla. The village was defended by the Jordanian Army.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 290
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #237. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 370

Bir Ma'in بئر ماعين
Sitt Manna', one of five sisters, whose maqam is just northeast of the centre of Bir Ma'in
Etymology: The well of springs^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Bir Ma'in (click the buttons)
Bir Ma'in Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′17″N 35°01′12″E / 31.88806°N 35.02000°E / 31.88806; 35.02000
Palestine grid	152/143
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 15–16, 1948^[4]
Population (1945)
• Total	510^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Makkabim^[5]