Zikrin
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| Arabic | ذكرين |
| Name meaning | Dhikerin the cool |
| Also spelled | Dhikerin |
| Subdistrict | Hebron |
| Coordinates | 31°39′48″N 34°51′38″E / 31.66333°N 34.86056°ECoordinates: 31°39′48″N 34°51′38″E / 31.66333°N 34.86056°E |
| Palestine grid | 136/119 |
| Population | 960 (1945) |
| Area | 17,195 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 22–23 October 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Zikrin (Arabic: ذكرين), pronounced Dhikrin, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War.
The village was called Kefar Dikrina in Roman times. Geographer, Adolf Neubauer, on the other hand, mentions the village as formerly being called Kefar Dikhrin (Hebrew: כפר דכרין) in rabbinic sources, which he names. Neubauer cites one of the sources, saying that the village's name is derived from the fact that the womenfolk of the village bare only male children (hence: dikhra = male). According to one account, Kefar Dikhrin was one of the most densely populated regions of the country at that time. These sources mostly date back to the 3rd and 4th centuries.
In 1479, it was mentioned by Tucher of Nurnberg, who travelled from Bethlehem to Gaza and lodged at Zikrin. He noted cisterns here.
In 1596, Zikrin was part of the Ottoman Empire, nahiya (subdistrict) of Gaza under the liwa' (district) of Gaza with a population of 220. It paid taxes on a number of products, including wheat, barley, sesame and fruits, and on vineyards.
In 1838, Edward Robinson described it as a "large" village.
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