Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 30, 1948
Distance from district center	9 (km) Northeast of Jinin
Elevation from the sea	400 (meters)
Map location	See location number #5 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gidion
Israeli attacking brigade	Fourth Battalion of the Golani Brigade
Village defenders	Yarmuk Battalion of Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia and Iraqi Army.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Mazar was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Mazar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 14,472 Jewish 0 Public 29 Total 14,501
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 229 Area planted w/ olives 68 Planted W/ Cereal 5,221 Built up 9 Cultivable 5,450 Non-Cultivable 9,042
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 223 1931 257 1945 270 1948 313 Est. Refugees 1998 1,923
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 62 1948 75
Town's name through history	The village may have been named after the burial places for many of those who were killed during the decisive battle of 'Ayn Jalut (1260), in which the Mamluks of Egypt triumphed over the Mongols.
Inhabitants place of origin	The villagers traced their origins to al-Sa'diyyun nomads who in turn were descended from al-Shaykh Sa'd al-Din al-Shaybani (d. 1224), a prominent Sufi mystic from the village of Jaba' in the Golan Heights, Syria.
Notable people from town	al-Mazar was the home of al-Shaykh Farhan al-Sa'di, a prominent leader of the 1936 Palestinian rebellion against the British Mandate.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Perazon, Meytav, and Gan Nir.
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is overgrown with thorns and cactuses and strewn with stone rubble. None of the village houses or landmarks remains. Almond trees and cactuses grow on parts of the village lands. The hilly lands are used as grazing areas, and other parts are covered with forest

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