Al-Mas'udiyya

Al-Mas'udiyya
المسعوديّة/صميل
Summayl
Remains of Al-Mas'udiyya, in 2005.
Etymology: Summeil, personal name, from "hard", or "withered"
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Mas'udiyya (click the buttons)
Al-Mas'udiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°05′07″N 34°46′54″E / 32.08528°N 34.78167°E / 32.08528; 34.78167
Palestine grid129/165
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJaffa
Date of depopulationDecember 25, 1947
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
850
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Current Localitiespart of Tel Aviv

Al-Mas'udiyya (also known as Summayl), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on December 25, 1947. It was located 5 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 1.5 km south of the al-'Awja River. The village used to be known as Summayl.

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