Khirbat al-Tannur
خربة التنور | |
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Etymology: "The lower Allar"[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°42′54″N 35°02′55″E / 31.71500°N 35.04861°E | |
Palestine grid | 154/124 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
Date of depopulation | October 21, 1948 |
Population (19th century) | |
• Total | 400 |
Current Localities | Mata[2] |
Khirbat al-Tannur (Arabic: خربة التنور), also known as Allar al-Sifla ("Lower Allar"),[3] was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict, near Allar. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 21, 1948, under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.