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"'Arsuf", ʿĀdel az-Zawaty, a Paper Clipping

Handwritten in Arabic, this paper clipping documents the name of "'Arsuf", a depopulated village seven kilometres north of Jaffa. Said village was captured by Ṣalah al-Din al-Ayyuby in the Battle of Hattin in 1187 and it features a market and a wall which the Canaanite built overlooking the coast, and it is said that they named the village after their God Resheph.

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The Adel Zawati Collection

The Adel Zawati Sub-collection 1: Notes

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Adel Zawati Topography Depopulated Areas

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Architecture and Landscape Political Movement and mobilization Social History

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"أرسوف (بلدة)". الموسوعة الفلسطينية. 11/10/2020 https://www.palestinapedia.net/أرسوف-بلدة/

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0125.01.2530
"'Arsuf", ʿĀdel az-Zawaty, a Paper Clipping

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