Dayr Abu Salama

Dayr Abu Salama

دير أبو سلامة
Dayr Abu Salama دير أبو سلامة
Village
	Watchtower and amphitheater in Ben Shemen forest, constructed out of stones from Dayr Abu Salama houses
	Etymology: the monastery of Abu Selâmeh
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Abu Salama (click the buttons)
	Dayr Abu Salama Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°56′57″N 34°57′25″E / 31.94917°N 34.95694°E
Palestine grid	146/150
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 13, 1948
Area
• Total	1,195 dunams (1.195 km2 or 295 acres)
Population (1945)
• Total	60
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Dayr Abu Salama (Arabic: دير ابو سلامة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 8 km northeast of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 13, 1948, in the first phase of Operation Dani.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 228
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village No. 228. Also gives cause of depopulation.

Dayr Abu Salama دير أبو سلامة
Village
Watchtower and amphitheater in Ben Shemen forest, constructed out of stones from Dayr Abu Salama houses
Etymology: the monastery of Abu Selâmeh^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Abu Salama (click the buttons)
Dayr Abu Salama Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°56′57″N 34°57′25″E / 31.94917°N 34.95694°E / 31.94917; 34.95694
Palestine grid	146/150
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 13, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	1,195 dunams (1.195 km² or 295 acres)
Population (1945)
• Total	60^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces