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Bayt Susin
Summary
Bayt Susin (بَيْت سُوسِين) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located southeast of Ramla. In 1945, it had 210 inhabitants. The village was depopulated during the 1948 war by the Israeli 7th Brigade.
Situated on a hilltop on the southern slopes of a mountainous area, Bayt Susin overlooked a wide area to its south and west. Below the village, two wadis, streaming from the slopes, met. The village stood near a network of roads that led to many urban centers and was linked by a secondary road to the Jaffa-Jerusalem Highway.
Surrounding Bayt Susin were the ruins of a wall and cemeteries, cut stones, the foundations of houses, cisterns, and a basin. The Crusaders referred to the village as "Bezezin".
While under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, in 1596, Bayt Susin was under the administration of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Ramla, part of the Sanjak of Gaza, with a population of 50 households and 6 bachelors, all Muslims. They paid taxes on wheat, olives, and barley, as well as beehives and goats.
In 1838, Beit Susin was noted as Muslim village, in the Er-Ramleh district.
The American Biblical scholar Edward Robinson passed by Bayt Susin in 1852 and described it as a small and ancient village. An Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that Beit Susin had a population of 21, with a total of 11 houses, though the population count included men, only.
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here "foundations and ruined walls. A good perennial well, called Bir el Haurah, on the south and springs in the valley."
In a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Bait Susin had a population of 47 inhabitants; all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 70, still all Muslims, in a total of 14 houses.
Bayt Susin was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazeteer. In the British Mandate period, it was divided into two sections. The larger section had a rectangular, north–south plan and the smaller laid to the southwest.
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