Al-Qudayriyya

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described nearby Kh. en Nueiriyehmeaning "the ruin of the gypsies", according to Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/129/mode/1up 129] as having "heaps of drafted masonry on the top of terraced hill, with a rock-cut well and three rock-cut wine-presses".Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/404/mode/1up 404] According to Khalidi, these were remains of Roman and Byzantine eras.

In the 1922 census of Palestine, Qudairiyeh had a population of 194; all Muslim,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Safad, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n44/mode/1up 42] decreasing in the 1931 census to 72, still all Muslims, in a total of 14 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 109]

In the 1945 statistics, the population was 390 Muslims, with a total of 12,487 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 2,029 dunums were used for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Safad/Page-120.jpg 120] while 10,458 dunams were non-cultivable area.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Safad/Page-170.jpg 170]

The village had a shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh al-Rumi and the Khirbat al-Nuwayriyya is located in the village.

The village was depopulate during Operation Matateh, on May 4, 1948.Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA249 249]Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA445 445]Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA460 460]

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140701125602/http://www.palestineremembered.com/Safad/al-Qudayriyya/index.html Welcome To al-Qudayriyya]
• [https://www.zochrot.org/en/village/49459 al-Qudayriyya], Zochrot
• [http://www.alnakba.org/villages/safad/qadriyya.htm al-Qudayriyya] from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
• [http://www.villagesofpalestine.com/AlQudayriyya.htm Al-Qudayriyya], Dr. Khalil Rizk.
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8369 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.06.jpg Wikimedia commons]

{{Palestinian Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War}}

Category:Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War

Category:District of Safad