Daliyat al-Rawha'
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| Arabic | دالية الروحاء |
| Name meaning | "The trailing vine of er Rûhah", p.n. |
| Also spelled | Daliyat al Ruha, Daliyat ar Ruha |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°35′28″N 35°04′41″E / 32.59111°N 35.07806°ECoordinates: 32°35′28″N 35°04′41″E / 32.59111°N 35.07806°E |
| Palestine grid | 157/223 |
| Population | 600 (1945) |
| Area | 10,008 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | late March 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Ramot Menashe?Daliyya |
Daliyat al-Rawha' (Arabic: دالية الروحاء, Dâliyat er Rûhâ "fragrant vine") was a Palestinian village located 24.5 kilometers (15.2 mi) southeast of Haifa. It was the site of the signing of a ceasefire agreement between the forces of the Mamluks and the Crusaders in the 13th century. A small village of 60 Arab Muslims in the late 19th century, the Jewish colony of Dalia was established on land purchased in the village in 1939. The population in 1945 reached 600 people: 280 Arabs and 320 Jews. It was depopulated of its Arab inhabitants in late March during the 1948 Palestine War.
In 1281, the Mamluk sultan Qalawun stayed in Daliyat al-Rawha' while his forces battled against those of the Crusaders. According to Al-Maqrizi, the two sides signed a temporary peace treaty (hudna) in the village.
In 1859 the population was estimated to be about 60, who cultivated 10 faddans of land. In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Daliyat al-Rawha' as being a village of moderate size, situated on the west side of a watershed, with a good spring close by on the south.
A population list from about 1887 showed that Daliet er Ruhah had about 195 inhabitants, all Muslim.
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Dalia al-Ruha had a population 135, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 163, still all Muslim, in a total of 46 houses.
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