Mi'ar
Sign in to save'''Mi'ar''' (), was a Palestinian village located 17.5 kilometers east of Acre. Its population in 1945 was 770. The Crusaders referred to it as "Myary". By the 19th century, during Ottoman rule, it was a large Muslim village. The village was a center of Palestinian Arab rebel operations during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine against British rule and consequently the village was completely dynamited by the British. Mi'ar was later restored, but it was depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Jewish communities of Atzmon, Ya'ad and Manof are located on former vill
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mi'ar
- Settlement.native_name
- ميعار
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Mi'ar.1937.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 230
- Settlement.image_caption
- A Palestinian wedding celebration in Mi'ar in 1937
- Settlement.etymology
- From personal name
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.map_caption
- A series of historical maps of the area around Mi'ar
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Acre Subdistrict
- Population
- +770
- Area
- +10.788
- Elevation
- +275
- Image
- Mi'ar.1937.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948 War and aftermath
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''Mi'ar''' (), was a Palestinian village located 17.5 kilometers east of Acre. Its population in 1945 was 770. The Crusaders referred to it as "Myary". By the 19th century, during Ottoman rule, it was a large Muslim village. The village was a center of Palestinian Arab rebel operations during the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine against British rule and consequently the village was completely dynamited by the British. Mi'ar was later restored, but it was depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Jewish communities of Atzmon, Ya'ad and Manof are located on former village land.
==History== ===Middle Ages=== Mi'ar contained the archaeological remains of buildings, fragments of columns, olive presses, and cisterns. It was referred to by the Crusaders as "Myary".