Dayr al-Qassi
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House belonging to Abdullah Abedalmajeed Alsadek in Dayr al-Qassi
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| Arabic | دير القاسي |
| Name meaning | The convent of Wady el Kasy |
| Also spelled | Deir al-Qasi Deir el-Kasy |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Coordinates | 33°02′07″N 35°19′30″E / 33.03528°N 35.32500°ECoordinates: 33°02′07″N 35°19′30″E / 33.03528°N 35.32500°E |
| Palestine grid | 181/271 |
| Population | 1,250 (1945) |
| Area | 34,011 dunams 34.0 km² |
| Date of depopulation | 30 October 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Mattat,Elkosh,Abirim,Netu'a |
Dayr al-Qassi or Deir el-Qasi (Arabic: دير القاسي), was a Palestinian Arab village located 26 km northeast of the city of Acre, which was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
The village was located 26 km northeast of the city of Acre, on a rocky hill about 5 km south of the Lebanese border. It was linked by a paved road to Fassuta in the north and Tarshiha in the southwest. The road divided the town into an eastern and one western quarter, or haras, the eastern quarter being higher up.
The first part of the village name, Dayr ("monastery") suggest that the village might have had a monastery and a Christian population. However, in modern times the population was Muslim. According to the residents of the village, ancient artifacts from the Canaanite, Israelite and Roman period were unearthed in the Ottoman and British Mandate period.
In the Crusader era it was known as Cassie, and in 1183 it was noted that Godfrey de Tor sold the land of the village to Joscelin III. In 1220 Jocelyn III´s daughter Beatrix de Courtenay and her husband Otto von Botenlauben, Count of Henneberg, sold their land, including Cassie, to the Teutonic Knights.
Dayr al-Qassi was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 and it belonged to the Jira Nahiya (Subdistrict of Jira), part of the Safad Sanjak (District of Safed), In 1596, Dayr al-Qassi had a population of 132. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat and barley, as well as on goats and beehives.
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