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Abu Zurayq is a cluster of archaeological sites at a well-watered spot at the western edge of the Jezreel Valley and its transition to the Menashe Heights , next to Highway 66 , between the modern kibbutzim of HaZore'a and Mishmar HaEmek . The site includes a tell (archaeological mound) called in Hebrew Tel Zariq (תל זריק) and Tell Abu Zureiq in Arabic, a spring called Ein Zariq , and other sites around it. The site was surveyed by Avner Raban as part of the survey of the Mishmar HaEmek area between 1974 and 1976. Based on the pottery collected by his team, the site was inhabited continuously from the Neolithic to the Ottoman periods. The site is named after a Muslim saint who is buried there. In the 20th century, it was a Palestinian Turkmen village in the Haifa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine , situated near Wadi Abu Zurayq. The area was also named Et Tawatiha , after the al-Tawatiha tribe, one of the three "true" Turkmen tribes in Palestine. It was depopulated on April 12–13 during and after the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine . Also gives causes of depopulation. The Survey of Palestine , map at (upper left), shows the village named as Abu Zureiq but the village lands as "Abu Zureiq (Et Tawatiha)" Kushner, David: "The Turcomans in Palestine during the Ottoman Period." International Journal of Turkish Studies vol 11, nos. 1–2 (Fall 2005), 81–94 YUSUF, Muhsin; ANABISA, Ghaleb. Si ces récits s’avèrent crédibles, alors la grande majorité des Turkmènes de Palestine sont des Arabes descendant des Turkmènes."
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former Arab villages in Palestine Abu Zurayq was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Haifa , situated near Wadi Abu Zurayq. It was depopulated on April 12-13 during and after the Battle for Mishmar ha-'Emeq of the 1948 Palestine War . In 1945 it had a population of 550. Paleolithic stone tools have been found in Tell Abu Zreiq within the former village lands, as well as the remains of a Bronze Age farmhouse. Also gives land area in dunams.
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former Arab villages in Palestine Abu Zurayq (also spelled Abu Zureiq or Abu Zreiq ) was a Palestinian Turkmen village in the Haifa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine , situated near Wadi Abu Zurayq.It was depopulated on April 12–13 during and after the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine .
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Ancient village, cemetery in HaZore'a, Israel Abu Zurayq is an archaeological site located on the western edge of the Jezreel Valley and its transition to the Menashe Heights .It is located next to Highway 66 , between the modern kibbutzim of HaZore'a and Mishmar HaEmek .The site includes tell called Tel Zariq ( ) or Tell Abu Zureiq , a spring called Ein Zariq and other sites around it.The site was surveyed by Avner Raban expedition as part of the survey of the Mishmar HaEmek area between 1974 and 1976.Based on the pottery collected by his team, the site was inhabited continuously from the Neolithic to the Ottoman periods.In the 20th century, it was a Palestinian Turkmen village in the Haifa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine , situated near Wadi Abu Zurayq. It was depopulated on April 12–13 during and after the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine .
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Place in Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Ancient village, cemetery in HaZore'a, Israel Abu Zurayq is an archaeological site located on the western edge of the Jezreel Valley and its transition to the Menashe Heights , next to Highway 66 , between the modern kibbutzim of HaZore'a and Mishmar HaEmek . The site includes tell called Tel Zariq ( ) or Tell Abu Zureiq , a spring called Ein Zariq and other sites around it. The site was surveyed by Avner Raban expedition as part of the survey of the Mishmar HaEmek area between 1974 and 1976. Based on the pottery collected by his team, the site was inhabited continuously from the Neolithic to the Ottoman periods. The site is named after a Muslim saint who is buried there. In the 20th century, it was a Palestinian Turkmen village in the Haifa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine , situated near Wadi Abu Zurayq. The area was also named Et Tawatiha , after the al-Tawatiha tribe, one of the three "true" Turkmen tribes in Palestine. It was depopulated on April 12–13 during and after the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek of the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine . Also gives causes of depopulation.The Survey of Palestine , map at (upper left), shows the village named as Abu Zureiq but the village lands as "Abu Zureiq (Et Tawatiha)" Kushner, David: "The Turcomans in Palestine during the Ottoman Period." International Journal of Turkish Studies vol 11, nos. 1–2 (Fall 2005), 81–94 YUSUF, Muhsin ; ANABISA, Ghaleb.Si ces récits s’avèrent crédibles, alors la grande majorité des Turkmènes de Palestine sont des Arabes descendant des Turkmènes."
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palestinian arab village in the district of haifa
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cluster of archaeological sites at a well-watered spot at the western edge of the jezreel valley and its transi
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