| Khushniyeh الخشنية | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
 View of Khushniyah before its destruction in 1967 | |
  KhushniyehThe Golan on the map of Syria; Khishniyah on the map of the Golan. | |
| Coordinates: 32°59′56″N 35°48′40″E / 32.99889°N 35.81111°E / 32.99889; 35.81111 | |
| Country | Syria |
| Syrian Governorate | Quneitra Governorate |
| Syrian District | Quneitra District |
| Syrian Subdistrict | al-Khisniyah |
| Destroyed | June 10, 1967 |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,029 |
Khushniyeh (Arabic: الخشنية) is a former Syrian town located in the Golan Heights.
History
Archeological excavations have revealed remains from the Roman, Byzantine and Islamic periods.
The German-American archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher surveyed the village in the 1880s and described it as: "El-Khushniyeh —A large winter village on the Roman street west of er-Rafid, with scattered building stones. Most of the huts have fallen to pieces."
The old part of town was built with basalt stones. The residents worked with livestock and agriculture and Khushniyah was known for its vineyards and figs. Eucalyptus trees was planted in the town to fight of malaria. There was also several schools, a police station and a mosque built in 1956.
After Israel occupied the area in the Six-Day War, they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights. Khushniyeh was destroyed in 1967. The population before the war was 1029.
Khushniyeh after destruction
References
- ^ "al-Marsad" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- Kipnis, Yigal (2013). The Golan Heights: Political History, Settlement and Geography since 1949. London and New York: Routledge. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-136-74092-3.
- "Golan Heights and vicinity : October 1994". The Library of Congress. 1994-01-01. Retrieved 2024-08-31. (Al Khushniyah shown as an abandoned/dismantled Syrian village)
- ^ "بلدة الخشنية". General Organization of Radio and TV - Syria (in Arabic). 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- Schumacher, Gottlieb (1888). The Jaulân: Surveyed for the German Society for the Exploration of the Holy Land. London: Richard Bentley and Son. p. 194. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- Shai (2006). "The Fate of Abandoned Arab Villages in Israel, 1965-1969". History and Memory. 18 (2): 100–101. doi:10.2979/his.2006.18.2.86.
- Sulimani & Kletter 2022, pp. 55–56
Bibliography
- Sulimani, Gideon; Kletter, Raz (2022). "Settler-Colonialism and the Diary of an Israeli Settler in the Golan Heights: The Notebooks of Izhaki Gal". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 21 (1). Edinburgh University Press: 48–71. doi:10.3366/hlps.2022.0283. ISSN 2054-1988.
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