e/Qisarya

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has gloss	eng: The village of Qisarya was located south of Haifa. History The village was established in 1884 by Circassian Bushnaks (Muslim immigrants from Bosnia) who built a small fishing village on the ruins of Caesarea Maritima by the Crusader fortress near Caesarea on the Mediterranean coast. The village decline in economic importance occurred when a railway was built bypassing the port, ruining their livelihood. Qisarya had a population of 930 Muslims and 30 Christians in 1945. In 1944/45 a total of 18 dunums of village land was used for citrus and bananas, 1,020 dunums were used for cereals, while 108 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. 1947/1948, and aftermath In December 1947 the local leader, Tawfiq Kadkuda, had made approaches to Jewish officials in an effort to establish non-belligerency agreements with local Jewish settlements.
lexicalization	eng: Qisarya
instance of	e/Iraq Suwaydan