Dayr Aban

Dayr Aban

دير آبان
Dayr Aban دير آبان
	Entrance to a house in Dayr Aban
	Etymology: The Monastery of Aban
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Aban (click the buttons)
	Dayr Aban Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°44′33″N 35°00′34″E / 31.74250°N 35.00944°E
Palestine grid	151/127
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	October 19–20, 1948
Area
• Total	22,734 dunams (22.734 km2 or 8.778 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	2,100
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Tzora, Mahseya, Beit Shemesh, and Yish'i

Dayr Aban (also spelled Deir Aban; Arabic: دير آبان) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, located on the lower slope of a high ridge that formed the western slope of a mountain, to the east of Beit Shemesh. It was formerly bordered by olive trees to the north, east, and west. The valley, Wadi en-Najil, ran north and south on the west-side of the village.

The village is associated with the biblical site of Eben-Ezer.^[6]^[7]^[8] The prefix "Dayr" hints at a historical monastery.^[9] Early Ottoman records document a mixed Christian and Muslim population.^[10] However, by the 17th century, historical records highlights a communal conversion to Islam.^[9] Nonetheless, traditions associated with the village's Christian past persisted in later periods. Despite this conversion, traditions linked to the village's Christian past persisted in later periods.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Dayr Aban was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on October 19, 1948, during Operation Ha-Har.^[15]^[16] It was located 21 km west of Jerusalem. Today there are over 5000 people originally from Deir Aban living in Jordan.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 293
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 56
^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #335. Also gives cause of depopulation.
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[Palmer293-1] Palmer, 1881, p. 293

[1945p24-2] Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24

[Hadawi56-3] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 56

[Morris-4] Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #335. Also gives cause of depopulation.

[Khalidi283-5] Khalidi, 1992, p. 283

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Dayr Aban دير آبان
Entrance to a house in Dayr Aban
Etymology: The Monastery of Aban^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Aban (click the buttons)
Dayr Aban Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′33″N 35°00′34″E / 31.74250°N 35.00944°E / 31.74250; 35.00944
Palestine grid	151/127
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	October 19–20, 1948^[4]
Area
• Total	22,734 dunams (22.734 km² or 8.778 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	2,100^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Tzora,^[5] Mahseya,^[5] Beit Shemesh,^[5] and Yish'i^[5]

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Dayr Aban

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