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| Bayt Mahsir District of Jerusalem بيت محسير - בית מחסיר Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 10, 1948
Distance from district center
26 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea
588 (meters)
Map location
See location number #9 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Makkabi
Israeli attacking brigade
Har'el Brigade
Defenders
Local militia & Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was mostly destroyed with the exception of two houses, see Pictures section for details.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBayt Mahsir was completely ethnically cleansed, however, few of its inhabitants were allowed to stay. Those who were allowed to stay were the exception. Currently, many of the Mahasreh refugees live in Amman, Jordan, who mostly live in Jabal al-Taj neighborhood.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
15,428
Jewish
0
Public
840
Total
16,268
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
1,348
Area planted w/ olives
1,340
Planted W/ Cereal
6,225
Built up
77
Cultivable
7,573
Non-Cultivable
8,618
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
450
1922
1,367
1931
1,920
1945
2,400
1948
2,784
Est. Refugees 1998
17,097
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
445
1948
645
Schools
Bayt Mahsir had three schools. Two schools for boys (one elementary and the another secondary), and the third was an elementary school for girls.
Notable people from town
The villagers took pride in the fact that the last Imam of its mosque, Shaykh Khalil As'ad, was a graduate of al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Shrines/maqams
The village had two shrines for couple of unknown individuals.
Archeological sites
Bayt Mahsir contains several Khirbat including: al-Huwaytiyya, al-Masi, Khatula, and al-Sallam.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Beyt Me'ir and Mesillat Tziyyon
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Several village houses have been spared, and are for the most part interspersed among the houses of the settlement of Beyt Me'ir. Two large, rectangular-shaped, almost identical houses built of limestone rise above the Israeli settlement's cabin-like residences. The remains of a flour mill, a metal machine with flywheels fitted over a stone structure, can still be seen. There is a wild forest of old trees on the eastern edge of the village site, on top of the mountain. The tomb of al-' Ajami, together with other graves, are among the trees."
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| وهبه المحسيري | علي صالح | الاردن, بيت محسير |
| تيم المحسيري | - | - |
| احمدحمدالله المحسيري | حمدالله | جده, السعوديه |
| مراد موسى حمدالله | حمدالله | الرياض, السعودية |
| محمد صالح | - | - |
| حماده المحسيري | - | - |
| محمد حمدالله | - | - |
| ابن فلسطين | صالح --- سعادة | - |
| اسماعيل تيم | - | - |
| Asaad J. A. Salameh | AL MAHSEERE | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| مهند اسعد | سعادة | عمان |
| احمد مطر | - | عمان, الاردن |
| Dia' Mahmoud Saleh | - | - |
| د/ محمد عثمان المحسيري | - | - |
| Mohd Mahd Haj Hassan Isleem | Isleem | NSW, AUSTRALIA |
| ابو وجيه | النجار | الاردن, الاردن |
| محمد أسعد المحسيري | أسعد | الرياض, السعودية |
| Eyad Tayem | تيم-بيت محسير | - |
| نادر اسعد | عبدالله | - |
| جهاد المحسيري | سلامه | - |
| S Y S | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| بكر عبدالكريم عوده | أبوحشيش | الزرقاء, الأردن |
| امير | علي صالح | الاردن, الاردن |
| AL MAHSERY | - | - |
| Abu saif _ al ma7seri | - | - |
| Mahsero88 | Elian | - |
| أبو مالك | سعادة | عمان, الأردن |
| مهند سعاده | سعاده | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| ابو السعيد | - | - |
| Abdalla (abood) Al-najjar | Al-najjar | NY, U.S.A |
| محمد صالح | محمود صالح | فلسطين, القدس |
| Hasan Abu Qasem | Al Najar | - |
| Samer b saada | سعاده | عمان, الاردن |
| Murad taher | - | - |
| Fadi farhan | Saleh | - |
| MAHSERKO | علي صالح | - |
| اسامه سعاده | سعاده | عمان, الاردن |
| محسيري وبس | - | - |
| أحمد النحسيري | - | - |
| محسيرية وأفتخر | سعادة | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| د.كامل أسعد | بيت محسير | - |
| محسيري حتى النخاع | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| اياد سعادة | سعادة | - |
| Freedom | العبابدة | دمر, سوريا |
| Ma7sery | داوود | ALQUDS, PALSTAIN |
| ALMAHSEERI | - | ALYAROUK - JABAL ALTAJ, JORDAN |
| دزهير ذيب معالي | داود/معالي | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| النجار | النجار | عمان, جبل التاج |
| ابو أحمد | - | - |
| Tajj | Saadah | - |
| ماهر صالح | صالح | عمان, عمان |
| Jamal Matar | Matar | PALISTAIN, BETMAHSEER |
| Sabein | Al mahsiri | - |
| غادة | أبو ارشيد | - |
| Otman amin otman ali saleh | - | - |
| Alma7seery | داوود | فلسطين, فلسطين |
| جابر محمود المحسيري | ابو حشيش | البلقاء |
| Ghassan Salameh | - | - |
| Salam abdullah | - | KUWAIT |
| حقائق | - | - |
| Mahsire for ever | Saada | MA'AN, JORDAN |
| Leo_81 | Mahmoud | - |
| Abed el Latif Assad | Assad - Sa3adeh | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| مراد المحسيري | Al-mahsiry | JABA ALTAJ, JORDAN |
| تيمو | - | عملن |
| Mahmoud Dawoud | Dawoud | TEXAS, USA |
| Tagreed Abo-qasem | - | ZARQA |
| حسام المحسيري | المحسيري | عمان , الأردن |
| المحسيري | - | جبل التاج, الاردن |
| Husam nabil | بيت محسير | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| خالد أمين خالد أبو حشيش | أبو حشيش | البقعة, الأردن |
| MALIK SALEEM | - | AMMAN |
| الحلاق | - | - |
| Zakaryya Asad | - | - |
| Fadi Hammad | Hammad | NY, USA |
| Qusai | Salameh | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Bahai | - | AMMAN |
| Ma7seri | Saleh | KUWAIT, KUWAIT |
| Mohanad isleem | Isleem | NY , NY |
| Ahmad Salameh | Salameh | JORDAN, AMMAN |
| Eyad Yousof saleh | Bayt mahseer | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Ahmad Mahsere | Mahmoud saleh mahsere | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Abdullah Mahmoud saleh | Mahmoud saleh | JORDAN, JORDAN |
| Almahsiry | Saleh | AMMAN |
| Mamoon Al-Najjar | Al-Najjar | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Abdullah Ghanayem | النجار | AL KHOBAR, KSA |
| Yusef Mustafa | Isleem | COLLEGE POINT, USA |
| Ismael Saleh | Saleh | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Dr.muna asha | الدوايمة | - |
| Watan Saadeh | Beet mahser | - |
| Shadi Saadeh | Saadeh | TX, USA |
| Mohammad Saadeh | Saleh | NY, USA |
| Ahmad Hussien | - | AMMA |
| Haytham Saadah | Saleh | - |
| Ahmad Yousef Al-Najjar | Alnajjar | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Rawad | Saada | - |
| Khaled Assad | Assad | - |
| Gassan Maali | Maali | CALIFORNIA, USA |
| Fathi Saleh | Saleh | PALESTINE, PALESTINE |
| Amer Abu Qasem | Al Njar | LEIPZIG, GERMANY |
| Jad Saleh | Saadeh | ONTARIO.WHITBY, CANADA |
| Ashraf Saadeh | Saadeh | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Azzmat | Ababdeh | - |
| Abd | - | - |
| Walid Jaber | Slim | BAQ'A CAMP, JORDAN |
| Ibrahim AL SHAIKH | - | JORDAN, JORDAN |
| Reiad Saleh | - | - |
| Ali Islim | - | - |
| Ali Salim | - | - |
| Muhammad Khalil | Mansour | BETHLEHEM, PALESTINE |
| Tareq Alnajjar | - | MUNICH, GERMANY |
| Mahmoud Alnajjar | - | GERMANY |
| Mohammad Al-Najjar | Al-najjar | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| AbuBairout | Sa'adeh | ALMAHTTAH CAMB, JORDAN |
| ABU ALI | ISLIM | MICHIGAN, USA |
| Yousef Eqtait | Eqtait | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Mohammad Saleh | Saleh | JORDAN, JORDAN |
| Ahmed Said Taiem | - | AMMAN-JORDAN |
| Rami | - | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Haitham Islim | - | - |
| Haithem Ali | Sa'adah | HAMBURG, GERMANY |
| Gus | Maali | CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA |
| Samir Issa | Sa'ada | NJ, USA |
| Said Isleem | - | NY, NY |
| مجهولة الهوية | - | - |
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