Salbit
سلبيت | |
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| Etymology: from personal name[3] | |
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  Salbit Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′10″N 34°59′11″E / 31.86944°N 34.98639°E | |
| Palestine grid | 148/141 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | 15–16 July 1948[6] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,111 dunams (6.111 km2 or 2.359 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 510[4][5] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Shaalvim[7] |
Salbit (Arabic: سلبيت, also spelled Selbît[8]) was a Palestinian Arab village located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) southeast of al-Ramla.[9] Salbit was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after a military assault by Israeli forces.[6] The Israeli locality of Shaalvim was established on the former village's lands in 1951.
- ^ Taylor, 1993, p. 68
- ^ Smith, 1857, p. 972
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 326
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xix village No. 239. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 410
- ^ Eric. F. Mason (31 December 2000). "Shaalbim". In David Noel Freedman; Allen C. Myers (eds.). Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible. Amsterdam University Press. p. 1193. ISBN 978-90-5356-503-2.
- ^ "Salbit". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2009-04-28.