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Al-Mas'udiyya
المسعوديّة/صميل Summayl | |
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Etymology: Summeil, personal name, from "hard", or "withered"[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°05′07″N 34°46′54″E / 32.08528°N 34.78167°E | |
Palestine grid | 129/165 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jaffa |
Date of depopulation | December 25, 1947[4] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 850[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Current Localities | part of Tel Aviv[5] |
Al-Mas'udiyya (also known as Summayl), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on December 25, 1947. It was located 5 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 1.5 km south of the al-'Awja River. The village used to be known as Summayl.