Al-Mas'udiyya was a Palestinian

Palestinian people

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 Arab

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 village in the District of Jaffa

District of Jaffa

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. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine

1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine

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 on December 25, 1947. It was located 5 km northeast of Jaffa

Jaffa

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, situated 1.5 km south of the al-'Awja River. The village was previously known as Summayl.

In 1945, the village had a population of 850. al-Mas'udiyya had an elementary school for boys founded in 1931, and in 1945 it had 31 students.