Qannir
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| Arabic | قنْير |
| Name meaning | from personal name |
| Also spelled | Kannir |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°31′42″N 35°01′51″E / 32.52833°N 35.03083°ECoordinates: 32°31′42″N 35°01′51″E / 32.52833°N 35.03083°E |
| Palestine grid | 153/214 |
| Population | 750 (1945) |
| Area | 10,826 dunams 11.3 km² |
| Date of depopulation | 25 April 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Secondary cause | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current localities | Regavim |
Qannir (Arabic: قنْير) was a Palestinian village, located 35 kilometers south of Haifa. With 750 inhabitants in 1945, it was depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
In the late Ottoman era, Qannir appears on sheet 45 of Jacotin's map drawn-up during Napoleon's invasion in 1799.
In 1859, the English consul Rogers estimated the population to be 250, who cultivated 24 feddans of land. By 1882, Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described the place as a village of adobe of moderate size, with one well to the south, and another to the west. By a later account, the village consisted of stone houses built side by side.
A population list from about 1887 showed that el Kannir had about 665 inhabitants, all Muslim.
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Qannir had a population of 400; all Muslims, increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 483, still all Muslims, in a total of 92 houses.
In 1945 the population was 750 Muslims with 10,826 dunums of land. Of this, a total of 5,760 dunums were used for cereals; while 460 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, while 22 dunams were built-up (urban) land.
Between 22–24 April 1948, the women and children of Qannir started to evacuate the village, apparently on [Arab] "orders from on high".
According to a dispatch sent by Fawzi al-Qawuqji to the [Arab] High Command, an enemy attack from Ein Hashofeit started on 0400 on 8 May towards Quannir and Kafr Quari. The attackers were supported by armored cars. According to al-Qawuqji the attack was "resisted and repelled", with a result of one killed and four wounded on the Palestinian side.
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