Yazur
Yazur
يازور | |
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Maqam (shrine) of Imam ʿAli, now housing the Sha'arei Zion Synagogue | |
| Etymology: Yazur | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Yazur (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°01′34″N 34°48′17″E / 32.02611°N 34.80472°E | |
| Palestine grid | 131/159 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | 1 May 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,742 dunams (9.742 km2 or 3.761 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 4,030 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Azor, Holon |
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Yazur (Arabic: يازور, Hebrew: יאזור) was a Palestinian Arab town located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th-13th centuries.
During the Fatimid period in Palestine, a number of important people were born in Yazur. In the modern era, the town was the birthplace of Ahmed Jibril, the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC).
Yazur was ethnically cleansed and during the Nakba. It was later demolished and the Israeli town of Azor, reflecting the site's ancient name, was constructed on the site.