Saydun
Introduction '''Saydun''' () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 6, 1948, during Operation Nachshon. It was located 9 km south of Ramla on the east bank of Wadi Saydun.
History In 1838,  it was noted as a large village  whose inhabitants were Muslim.In 1863 Victor Guérin found it to have about 200 inhabitants, He further noted: "Sitting on a low hill,  the houses are built of adobe. Lacking wood and coal, the Arabs of this locality, as well as many others in Palestine, make fire with sun-dried cow dung in the shape of rounded clods. They feed on water at a well of modern date, because the ancient well is dry." "This village  must certainly succeed an ancient village".An  Ottoman village list from about 1870 counted 35 houses and a population of 148, though  the population count included men, only.In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described the place as: "a small village of the same class" (as  Shahma).===British Mandate era===In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Saidum'' had a population of 124 inhabitants, all  Muslims,  increasing in the 1931 census to 174, still all Muslims, in a total of 35 houses.In the 1945 statistics  the village had a population of 210 Muslims with a total of 7,487  dunums of land. 49 dunums of land was used for plantations and irrigable land, 5,247 dunums were used for cereals,  while 15 dunams were classified as built-up public areas.Saydun (Sidun) 1942 1:20,000Saydun (Seidun) 1945 1:250,000===Post 1948===In 1992 the village site was described: "Cactuses and numerous  grapevines grow on the site. Only one stone house remains; it has a flat roof and a round-arched door and is used for storage. The surrounding land are used for agriculture by Israelis."
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External links * Welcome To Saydun* Saydun,  Zochrot*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 16:    IAA,  Wikimedia commons* Saydun, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center