Qadas
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| Arabic | قدس |
| Name meaning | Kadesh |
| Also spelled | Kades, Kadas, Cadasa |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Coordinates | 33°06′43.36″N 35°31′38.83″E / 33.1120444°N 35.5274528°ECoordinates: 33°06′43.36″N 35°31′38.83″E / 33.1120444°N 35.5274528°E |
| Palestine grid | 199/279 |
| Population | 390 (1945) |
| Area | 14,139 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 28 May 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current localities | Yiftah, Malkia, Ramot Naftali |
Qadas (also Cadasa; Arabic: قدس) was a Palestinian village located 17 kilometers northeast of Safad that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. One of seven Shia Muslim villages, called Metawalis, that fell within the boundaries of British Mandate Palestine, Qadas lay adjacent to al-Nabi Yusha', near the tel of the Biblical city of Kedesh Naftali. The village of Qadas contained many natural springs which served as the village water supply and a Roman temple dating back to the 2nd century AD.
Cadasa is mentioned in the Bible as being a Tyrian city that was sacked by the Jews in their revolt against the Roman empire. Under Israelite rule, it was known as Kadesh Naphthali.
Under the rule of the Islamic Abbasid Caliphate in the 10th century CE, Qadas was a town in Jund al-Urrdun ("District of Jordan"). According to al-Muqaddasi in 985,
Qadas was a small town on the slope of the mountain. It is "full of good things". Jabal Amilah is the district which is in its neighborhood. The town possesses three springs from which the people drink, and they have a bath below the city. The mosque is in the market, and in its court is a palm tree. The climate of this place is very hot. Near Qadas is the (Hulah) Lake.
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