During the 19th and first half of the 20th century, Ayn al-Mansi 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.[5]
In the 1945 statistics, Ayn al-Mansi had a population of 90 Muslims,[3] and the jurisdiction of the village was 1,295 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[4] Of this, 186 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 868 dunams were used for cereals,[8] while 2 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[9]
1948 and aftermath
Ayn al-Mansi became depopulated after Military assault in mid-April 1948.[2]
^ abcMorris, 2004, p. xviii, village #386. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ abGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ abGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 Also gives total land area in dunums.