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Tabsur (Khirbat 'Azzun)
(تبصر(خربة عزون Tabsar, Khirbet 'Azzun | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: from personal name [1] | |
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  Tabsur (Khirbat 'Azzun) Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°11′38″N 34°52′44″E / 32.19389°N 34.87889°E | |
| Palestine grid | 138/177 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | 3 April 1948[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,328 dunams (5.328 km2 or 2.057 sq mi) |
| Cause of evacuation | Expulsion by the Jewish Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ra'anana[3] and Batzra[3] |
Tabsur (Arabic: تبصر), also Khirbat 'Azzun (Arabic: خربة عزون), was a Palestinian village located 19 kilometres southwest of Tulkarm. In 1931, the village had 218 houses and an elementary school for boys.[3] Its Palestinian population was expelled during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.[4]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 176
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #192. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Khalidi 1992, p. 562was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Welcome to Tabsur". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2007-12-18.