Kirad al-Baqqara
Kirad al-Baqqara was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 22, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach.- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Safad, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Akrad al Baqqarah”, “Akrād al Baqqārah”, and “Kirād el Baqqara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tel Hazor and Yarda.
Tel Hazor
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Tel Hazor, translated in LXX as Hasōr, and in Arabic Tell Waqqas or Tell Qedah el-Gul, is an archaeological tell at the site of ancient Hazor, located in the Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, in the northern Korazim Plateau. Tel Hazor is situated 3 km west of Kirad al-Baqqara.
Yarda
Ruins
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Yarda was a Palestinian hamlet in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. It was located 10.5 km northeast of Safad. The area is now part of Israel.
Jacob’s Ford
Ruins
Chastelet was a castle located beside Jacob's Ford, a ford of the upper Jordan River in Israel. The castle was built during the Crusades by the Knights Templar and the forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem but was destroyed by the army of Saladin in 1179. Jacob’s Ford is situated 3 km southeast of Kirad al-Baqqara.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mishmar HaYarden and Gadot.
Mishmar HaYarden
Village
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Mishmar HaYarden is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, on Highway 91 between Mahanayim and Gadot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 934.
Gadot
Village
Gadot is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2023, it had a population of 480.
Ayelet HaShahar
Village
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Ayelet HaShahar is a kibbutz in northern Israel acquired in 1892 and settled in the second Aliyah, located on the Korazim Plateau, by the Rosh Pina – Metulla road, it is approximately 35 kilometres south of the city of Kiryat Shmona and falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council.
Kirad al-Baqqara
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, and former settlement
- Location: Northern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kirad al-Baqqara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أكراد البقارة”
- Arabic: “كراد البقارة”
- French: “Kirad al-Baqqara”
- Persian: “کراد البقاره”
- Urdu: “کراد البقارہ”
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