Al-Manshiyya, Acre

al-Manshiyya
المنشيه
Ancient tomb of Abu Ataba, now the residential home of a Jewish family.
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al-Manshiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°55′56″N 35°05′26″E / 32.93222°N 35.09056°E / 32.93222; 35.09056
Palestine grid159/260
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulation14 May 1948 (Operation Ben-Ami)
Area
 • Total
14,886 dunams (14.886 km2 or 5.748 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
810
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesShomrat, Bustan HaGalil

Al-Manshiyya (Arabic: المنشية), was a Palestinian village with a Muslim orphanage and a mosque known as the mosque of Abu 'Atiyya, which is still standing.

The area just north of the village was a garden planted by Sulayman Pasha, who was the ruler of Acre in the early 19th century, named Arabic: قصر بهجي, Qasr Bahjī, mansion of delight; today this is known as the shrine of Bahá'u'lláh, who was the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.

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