Al-Malkiyya

Al-Malikiyya
المالكية
Malikiya, al
al-Malikiyya May 1948
Etymology: from "Malek": to possess, or reign
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Al-Malikiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°06′19″N 35°30′29″E / 33.10528°N 35.50806°E / 33.10528; 35.50806
Palestine grid197/278
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulation28 May 1948
Area
  Total
7,328 dunams (7.328 km2 or 2.829 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total
360
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesMalkiya

Al-Malkiyya (Arabic: المالكية), also known as Al-Malikiyah, was a Palestinian village located in the Jabal Amil region. In a 1920s census, the village was registered as part of Greater Lebanon. It was later placed under the British Mandate of Palestine. Its population was mostly Metawali Shiite.

In a 1930s census, the village was registered as Palestinian and part of the Safed District. The village was depopulated as a result of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.