al-Butaymat

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found "traces of ruins" here.Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/71/mode/1up 71]

Haifa merchant Mustafa al-Khalil acquired land in among other places, Al-Butaymat, in the late Ottoman era.Yazbak, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=DPseCvbPsKsC&pg=PA142 142]

During the 19th and first half of the 20th century, al-Butaymat was one of the settlements of the so-called "Fahmawi Commonwealth" established by Hebronite clans belonging to Umm al-Fahm. The Commonwealth consisted of a network of interspersed communities connected by ties of kinship, and socially, economically and politically affiliated with Umm al Fahm. The Commonwealth dominated vast sections of Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, Wadi 'Ara and Marj Ibn 'Amir/Jezreel Valley during that time.{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |last2=Tepper |first2=Yotam |last3=Adams |first3=Matthew J. |date=2024-01-03 |title=Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340 |journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies |language=en |pages=8-11 |doi=10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340 |issn=1353-0194}}

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ‘’Al Buteimat’’ had a population 137, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table xi, Sub-district of Haifa, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n36/mode/1up 34] decreasing in the 1931 census to 112 Muslims, in a total of 29 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 89]

In the 1945 statistics the village had a population of 110 Muslims, and they had 3,832 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 8 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 2,508 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/Haifa/Page-089.jpg 89] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924151404/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Haifa/Page-089.jpg |date=2015-09-24 }} while 4 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Haifa/Page-139.jpg 139] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152715/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Haifa/Page-139.jpg |date=2015-09-24 }}

In 1945 the kibbutz of Gal'ed was established on what was traditionally village land.

File:Shauf 1942.jpg|Al-Butaymat 1942 1:20,000

File:Qannir 1945.jpg|Al-Butaymat 1945 1:250,000

Benny Morris gives May 1948 as depopulation date, and "Fear of being caught up in the fighting" as the cause, but with a question mark.Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA132 132]Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA314 314]Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA350 350]Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA406 406]

In 1992 the village site was described: "The site is fenced in, overgrown with grass and cactuses. There are no traces of houses except for adobe bricks scattered around the site. Most of the surrounding lands are used as grazing areas, but some of them are cultivated."

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• {{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|author-link1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|author-link2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund|volume=2}}
• {{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Department of Statistics|year=1945|publisher=Government of Palestine}}
• {{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|author-link=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center|access-date=2009-08-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208215837/http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|archive-date=2018-12-08|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite book|title=All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_By7AAAAIAAJ |first=W.|last=Khalidi|author-link=Walid Khalidi|year=1992|location=Washington D.C.|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|isbn=0-88728-224-5}}
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• {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DPseCvbPsKsC&q=butaymat&pg=RA1-PA142|title=Haifa in the late Ottoman period, 1864-1914: a Muslim town in transition|first1=M.|last1=Yazbak |author-link=Mahmoud Yazbak|edition=Illustrated|publisher=BRILL|year=1998|isbn=978-90-04-11051-9}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100528130519/http://www.palestineremembered.com/Haifa/al-Butaymat/index.html Welcome To al-Butaymat]
• [http://www.zochrot.org/en/village/49043 al-Butaymat], Zochrot
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8389 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.08.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://www.alnakba.org/villages/haifa/butaymat.htm al-Butaymat] from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center

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