The population in the 1945 statistics was 620, all Muslims,[2] with a total of 1,387 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[3] Of this, Arabs used 263 dunams for cereals,[5] while a total of 512 dunams were non-cultivable land.[6]
On 6 April 1948, the Haganah implemented a new policy for the coastal plains, namely of clearing the whole area of its Arab inhabitants. On 10 April the villagers of Arab Zahrat al-Dumayri, together with the villagers of Arab al-Fuqara and Arab al-Nufay'at, were ordered to leave the area.[7]
References
^ abMorris, 2004, p. xviii, village #179. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ abGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 13
^ abGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 47
^Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Haifa, p. 35
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 89
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 139