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Al-Kabri was a Palestinian town located 12.5 kilometers northeast of Acre that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
abri was know as "Cabra" under Crusader rule in the twelfth century. It is mentioned by Arab geographer al-Maqrizi as "al-Kabira" in the early fifteenth century, by now under Mamluk rule. During this period, Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Khalil had allocated the town's income to a charitable organization in Cairo in 1291.
In the late nineteenth century, al-Kabri was a mid-sized village built of stone.
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Al-Kabri was a Palestinian town located 12.5 kilometers northeast of Acre that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
History
Al-Kabri was know as "Cabra" under Crusader rule in the twelfth century. It is mentioned by Arab geographer al-Maqrizi as "al-Kabira" in the early fifteenth century, by now under Mamluk rule. During this period, Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Khalil had allocated the town's income to a charitable organization in Cairo in 1291.
In the late nineteenth century, al-Kabri was a mid-sized village built of stone. They cultivated the surrounding fields, planting them with fig, olive, pomegranate, mulberry, and apple orchards. It was well-known for its springs, including Ayn Mafshuh, Ayn Fawwar, Ayn al-'Asal, and Ayn Kabri. The number of springs made al-Kabri the main supplier of water in the District of Acre. Ancient aquifers supplied water from the springs to Acre, and two additional canals were built by Jezzar Pasha in 1800, and Sulayman Pasha in 1814.
Under the British Mandate in Palestine, al-Kabri's houses were built of stone, mud, and reinforced concrete. The village contained a mosque and a boys' elementary school. Agriculture was the base of the economy with villagers cultivating olives, citrus, and bananas and engaged in animal husbandry, including raising cattle.
1948 War
A massacre occurred committed by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants. Al-Kabri was completely destroyed and defaced. Al-Kabri's inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Bibliography
- Khalidi, Walid (ed.) (1992): All that Remains. Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Morris, Benny (2004): The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81120-1.
- Nazzal, Nafez (1974): The Zionist occupation of western Galilee, 1948, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 3, No. 3, 58-76.
- Porat, Leea (2006): Akko, the aqueduct, Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel, No. 118.
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