# Damun

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Damun
| native_name             = الدامون
| native_name_lang        = ar
| other_name              = Damun<ref>Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/108/mode/1up 108]</ref>
| settlement_type         = 
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| image_caption           = Remains of Damun's cemetery, 2004 
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| grid_name               = [Palestine&nbsp;grid](/source/Palestine_grid)
| grid_position           = 167/254
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| subdivision_type        = [Geopolitical entity](/source/Geopolitical_entity)
| subdivision_name        = [Mandatory Palestine](/source/Mandatory_Palestine)
| subdivision_type1       = [Subdistrict](/source/Districts_of_Mandatory_Palestine)
| subdivision_name1       = [Acre](/source/Acre_Subdistrict%2C_Mandatory_Palestine)
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| established_title1      = Date of depopulation
| established_date1       = 15–16 July 1948<ref>Morris, 2004, p.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR17 xvii],  village #90. Also gives cause of depopulation.</ref>
| established_title2      = Repopulated dates
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| unit_pref               = dunam
| area_total_km2          = 20.4
| area_total_dunam        = 20,357
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| population_as_of        = 1945
| population_total        = 1,310
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| blank_name_sec1         = Cause(s) of depopulation
| blank_info_sec1         = Military assault by [Yishuv](/source/Yishuv) forces
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'''Damun''' ({{langx|ar|الدامون|al-Damūn}}), was a [Palestinian Arab](/source/Palestinians) village located {{convert|11.5|km|mi}} from the Mediterranean port city of [Acre](/source/Acre%2C_Israel) that was depopulated during [1948 Arab-Israeli war](/source/1948_Arab-Israeli_war). In 1945, Damun had 1,310 inhabitants, most of whom were Muslim and the remainder Christians. Damun bordered the [Na'amin River](/source/Belus_River) (Belus River), which the village's inhabitants used as a source of irrigation and drinking water from installed wells.{{sfn|Khalidi|1992|p=11}}

==History==
Excavations at the site has shown potsherds dating from the Late Bronze Age, up to and including Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman times.<ref>Ronen, 1966. Cited in Stern, 2010,  [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1357&mag_id=117 Ed-Damun Final Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826192001/http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1357&mag_id=117 |date=2012-08-26 }}</ref> It might be the village Damun in lower Galilee, noted in Roman times.<ref>Tsafrir et al, 1994 (TIR), pp. 107−108; cited in Petersen, 2001, p. [https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J 131] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810060814/http://www.archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft |date=2019-08-10 }}</ref>

Damun is mentioned in 11th-century Arabic and Persian sources. Local tradition then identified the village as containing the tomb of the prophet [Dhul-Kifl](/source/Dhul-Kifl), who is twice mentioned in the [Qur'an](/source/Qur'an). Despite general Islamic tradition claiming the tomb to be in [al-Kifl](/source/Al_Kifl) near [Najaf](/source/Najaf) or [Kifl Hares](/source/Kifl_Hares) near [Nablus](/source/Nablus), [Nasir Khusraw](/source/Nasir_Khusraw), who visited the region in 1047, wrote "I reached a small cave, which is in Damun where I performed the {{translit|ar|[ziyarat](/source/ziyarat)}} too, for it is said to be the tomb of Dhul-Kifl."{{sfn|Sharon|2004|pp=[https://archive.org/stream/9004131973#page/n61/mode/1up 7]-9}}{{sfn|Le Strange|1890|pp= [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/435/mode/1up 435], [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/436/mode/1up 436]}}

After the [Crusader](/source/First_Crusade) invasion of [Palestine](/source/Palestine_(region)) in 1099, Damun became part of the [Kingdom of Jerusalem](/source/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem) and was referred to by the Crusaders as ''Damar'' or ''Damor''.{{sfn|Khalidi|1992|p=11}} It remained in their hands when most of Palestine was conquered by the [Ayyubids](/source/Ayyubid_dynasty) under Sultan [Saladin](/source/Saladin) in 1187.{{sfn|Sharon|2004|pp=[https://archive.org/stream/9004131973#page/n61/mode/1up 7]-9}} In 1253 [John Aleman](/source/John_Aleman), [Lord of Caesarea](/source/Lord_of_Caesarea), sold several villages, including Damun, to the [Knights Hospitaller](/source/Knights_Hospitaller).{{sfn|Delaville Le Roulx|1883|p=[https://archive.org/stream/lesarchiveslabib00dela#page/184/mode/1up 184]}}{{sfn|Clermont-Ganneau|1888|pp=[https://archive.org/stream/RecueilDarcheologieOrientaletome1/Recueil_d_archologie_orientale-8#page/n332/mode/1up 309]–310}}{{sfn|Röhricht|1893|p=[https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n325/mode/1up 319], no. 1210}} It was mentioned as part of the Crusaders' domain in the {{translit|ar|[hudna](/source/hudna)}} (truce agreement) between the [Acre](/source/Acre%2C_Israel)-based Crusaders and the [Mamluks](/source/Mamluk_Sultanate_(Cairo)) under Sultan [Qalawun](/source/Qalawun) in 1283.{{sfn|Sharon|2004|pp=[https://archive.org/stream/9004131973#page/n61/mode/1up 7]-9}}{{sfn|Barag|1979|p=209}}

===Ottoman Empire===
Damun, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) in 1517, and in the {{translit|tr|[defter](/source/defter)}} (tax census) of 1596 the village was located in the Acre [Nahiya](/source/Nahiye_(Ottoman)) (Subdistrict), part of the [Safad Sanjak](/source/Safad_Sanjak) (District). The population consisted of 33 households and two bachelors, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on wheat, barley, fruit trees, cotton, goats and beehives, in addition to  "occasional revenues"; total revenue was 6,045 [akçe](/source/ak%C3%A7e).{{sfn|Hütteroth|Abdulfattah|1977|p=193}}{{efn|Note that Rhode, 1979, p. [https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century 6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420031504/https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century |date=2019-04-20 }} writes that the Safad register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595–1596, but from 1548–1549}}

From the early 18th century to at least 1775, the village was controlled by the [Zayadina](/source/Zayadina), a local Arab family which rose to prominence in northern Palestine under the leadership of Sheikh [Daher al-Umar](/source/Daher_al-Umar). The village [mosque](/source/mosque) was built by its {{translit|tr|[multazim](/source/multazim)}} (tax farmer), Daher's uncle [Ali ibn Salih al-Zaydani](/source/Ali_ibn_Salih_al-Zaydani), in 1722–23. Inscriptions on the mosque provided key information about the genealogy of the Zayadina (namely the elusive name of Daher's grandfather) and included a poem dedicated to Ali ibn Salih.{{sfn|Sharon|2004|pp=[https://archive.org/stream/9004131973#page/n61/mode/1up 7]-9}} In the late 18th century, [Giovanni Mariti](/source/%3Ait%3AGiovanni_Mariti) noted that around Damun and [Mi'ar](/source/Mi'ar) were two "delightful valleys, ornamented with groves and wild shrubs. The peasants who live in the hamlets around, enjoy a most pleasant situation."{{sfn|Mariti|1792|p=[https://archive.org/stream/travelsthroughc00marigoog#page/n373/mode/1up 343]}} A map by [Pierre Jacotin](/source/Pierre_Jacotin) from [Napoleon's invasion of 1799](/source/French_campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria) showed the place, named as ''Damoun''.{{sfn|Karmon|1960|p=[http://www.jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf 162] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222063351/http://www.jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf |date=2019-12-22 }}}}

In 1875, Damun was prosperous with roughly 800 mostly Muslim inhabitants and two mosques. In addition to the purported tomb of Dhul-Kifl, there was a shrine dedicated to a certain Sheikh Abdallah on an adjacent hill. An elementary school for boys was founded by the Ottomans in 1886.{{sfn|Sharon|2004|pp=[https://archive.org/stream/9004131973#page/n61/mode/1up 7]-9}}{{sfn|Conder|Kitchener|1881|p=[https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/270/mode/1up 270]}}{{sfn|Guérin|1880|pp=[https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr01unkngoog#page/n437/mode/1up 424-425]}} A population list from about 1887 showed that Damun had about 725 inhabitants, all Muslims.{{sfn|Schumacher|1888|p=[https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n201/mode/1up 176]}}

=== British Mandate ===
At the time of the [1922 census of Palestine](/source/1922_census_of_Palestine), Damun had a population of 727, of whom 687 were Muslims and 40 were [Christian](/source/Arab_Christian)s.{{sfn|Barron|1923|p= [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n39/mode/1up 37]}} All the Christians were Roman Catholic.{{sfn|Barron|1923|p= [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n52/mode/1up 50]}} The population increased in the [1931 census](/source/1931_census_of_Palestine) to 917: 870 Muslims and 47 Christians, living in 183 houses.{{sfn|Mills|1932|p=[https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 100]}}

At the start of the 20th century, Damun's houses were clustered along one road. Beginning in 1935, the residents started to build them with reinforced concrete. The inhabitants drew their drinking water from nearby springs and irrigated some of their crops from the [Na'amin River](/source/Belus_River). They also engaged in skilled activities, particularly plaiting mats and baskets from [esparto grass](/source/esparto_grass). The chief crops of Damun were wheat, sorghum, barley, and olives, but it was also well known for its watermelons and cantaloupes.{{sfn|Khalidi|1992|p=11}}

In the [1945 statistics](/source/Village_Statistics%2C_1945), the population of Damun was 1,310; 1,240 Muslims and 70 Christians,{{sfn|Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|1945|p=[http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p04.jpg 4]}}{{sfn|Hadawi|1970|p=[http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Acre/Page-040.jpg 40]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915151708/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Acre/Page-040.jpg |date=2018-09-15 }}}} The village's total land area was 20,357 [dunam](/source/dunam)s.{{sfn|Hadawi|1970|p=[http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Acre/Page-040.jpg 40]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915151708/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Acre/Page-040.jpg |date=2018-09-15 }}}} Plantations and irrigable land covered 709 dunams and 17,052 dunams were used for grains,{{sfn|Hadawi|1970|p=[http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Acre/Page-080.jpg 80]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915151706/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Acre/Page-080.jpg |date=2018-09-15 }}}} while built-up (urban) area of the village consisted of 111 dunams.{{sfn|Hadawi|1970|p=[http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Acre/Page-130.jpg 130] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915151707/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Acre/Page-130.jpg |date=2018-09-15 }}}}

===1948 war and aftermath===
Before the [1948 Arab-Israeli War](/source/1948_Arab-Israeli_War) the [Haganah](/source/Haganah) kept files on all the Palestinian villages. The 1947 entry for al-Damun listed 25 individuals suspected of involvement with the Palestinian nationalist movement.<ref>[Pappe](/source/Ilan_Pappe), 2006, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=yjeXQVmGrwcC&pg=PA22 22]</ref> In April 1948 Haganah reports say that the son of the main local landowner, Sadiq Karaman, paid the local [Arab Liberation Army](/source/Arab_Liberation_Army) garrison P£5000 to leave, presumably in an attempt to keep the village from getting involved with the hostilities in the [1948 Palestine war](/source/1948_Palestine_war).<ref>15. April, note in the Haganah Archive, cited in Morris, 2004, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA97 97],  [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA146 146]</ref>

After the initial Israeli successes in the central [Galilee](/source/Galilee) during the first stage of [Operation Dekel](/source/Operation_Dekel), units of the Haganah's [Sheva Brigade](/source/Sheva_Brigade) moved westward and captured Damun, among other Arab localities, in the second stage of the operation on 15–16 July 1948. Palestinian historian [Aref al-Aref](/source/Aref_al-Aref) dates its capture earlier, in May 1948, following the fall of Acre. Israeli historian [Benny Morris](/source/Benny_Morris) said that inhabitants were demoralized by the fall of Acre and then [Nazareth](/source/Nazareth), and so fled during the bombardment that preceded the attack on the village. The remaining residents were expelled and Damun was razed according to both historians.{{sfn|Khalidi|1992|p=11}} 

The village's land is used for agriculture by residents of the [Yas'ur](/source/Yas'ur) kibbutz, which itself was built on the land of [Birwa](/source/Birwa).{{sfn|Khalidi|1992|p=11}} According to Palestinian historian [Walid Khalidi](/source/Walid_Khalidi) in 1992, the site was "overgrown with thorns, cacti, olive trees, and pines. Stone and concrete rubble is scattered around it. The structure that formerly protected the central water source and regulated its flow stands untended and is collapsing in several places. The cemetery is extant, although the markers over a few graves are collapsing."{{sfn|Khalidi|1992|p=11}} British historian Andrew Petersen writes that the village had a number of 18th or 19th-century stone houses, some which had decorated facades.{{sfn|Petersen|2001|p=[https://www.academia.edu/21539664/Gazetteer_4_D-J 131] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810060814/http://www.archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft |date=2019-08-10 }}}}

Most of the inhabitants of Damun became [internally displaced Palestinians](/source/internally_displaced_Palestinians), now citizens of Israel, living in the nearby [Tamra](/source/Tamra), [Kabul](/source/Kabul%2C_Israel), [I'billin](/source/I'billin), and to a lesser extent [Shefa-Amr](/source/Shefa-Amr), [Sha'ab](/source/Sha'ab%2C_Israel) and other towns and villages in its vicinity.{{sfn|Silbak|2023}}{{sfn|Al-Haj|2019}}{{sfn|Cohen|2010|pp=100–103, 106}} Descendants of the Zayadina, from the line of Ali, lived in Damun until 1948, after which they moved to Tamra and [Kafr Manda](/source/Kafr_Manda).{{sfn|Mazarib|2021|p=38}} In 2008, the number of refugees and their descendants was estimated at over 12,600.{{sfn|Silbak|2023}} Damun is among the Palestinian villages for which commemorative Marches of Return have taken place, typically as part of [Nakba Day](/source/Nakba_Day), such as the demonstrations organized by the [Association for the Defence of the Rights of the Internally Displaced](/source/Association_for_the_Defence_of_the_Rights_of_the_Internally_Displaced).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Charif |first=Maher |title=Meanings of the Nakba |url=https://www.palquest.org/en/highlight/6585/meanings-nakba |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Interactive Encyclopedia of the Palestine Question – palquest |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel](/source/Depopulated_Palestinian_locations_in_Israel)

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last1=Bagatti |first1=Bellarmino |authorlink=Bellarmino Bagatti |title=Ancient Christian Villages of Galilee |date=2001 |publisher=Franciscan Printing Press |location=Jerusalem |isbn=9789655160123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyMXAQAAIAAJ}}

==External links==
*[http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/al-Damun/index.html Welcome to al-Damun], palestineremembered.com
*[http://www.zochrot.org/en/village/49124 al-Damun],  [Zochrot](/source/Zochrot)
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 5: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8368  IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.05.jpg Wikimedia commons] 
*[http://alnakba.org/villages/acre/aldamun.htm Al-Damun], from the [Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center](/source/Khalil_Sakakini_Cultural_Center)
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120224021357/http://www.jalili48.com/pub/xENShowGallery.aspx?Sub=What_Remained_of_the_destroyed&Sub2=Al-Damun Al-Damun]}}, Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130618082237/http://www.zochrot.org/sites/default/files/aldamoun.pdf Remembering al-Damun], Zochrot
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110929162129/http://www.nakbainhebrew.org/index.php?id=754 Tour to the village of al-Damun]}}, Saturday, 15.8.09, By Umar Ighbariyyeh, [Zochrot](/source/Zochrot)

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