Al-Manara contains Khirbat al-Manara and Khirbat Sarjuna. In 1881, the
PEF's
Survey of Western Palestine noted at
el Menarah: "Ruined Arab houses, all
basalt; no
cisterns".
British Mandate era In the
1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the
British Mandate authorities,
Manara had a population of 122; 121 Muslims and 1 Jew, increasing in the
1931 census to 214 Muslims, in 33 houses. In the
1944/1945 statistics it had total population of 490 Muslims, while 13 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area.
1948, aftermath Al-Manara was depopulated in early March, 1948. In 1992 the village site was described: "The site has been levelled and is strewn with pieces of black stone. At its northern edge are walls of dark stone, with doum palm trees growing in their midst. At the site, a sign (in Arabic, Hebrew, and English) reads:
This is a historical site, please protect it." ==References==