 al-sumayriyya (, katasir in canaanite times, someleria during crusader rule) was a palestinian village located six kilometers north of acre that was depopulated after it was captured by the israel defense forces during the 1948 arab-israeli war. ==history== thumb|left|al-sumayriyya, 1948 thumb|left|al-sumayriyya's old cemetery, july 2008 in the crusader era, it was mentioned in 1277 under the name of somelaria.rÃ¶hricht, 1893, rrh, pp. 366-367, no. 1413; cited in pringle, 1998, pp. 332-333 at the time, the village belonged to the templars.pringle, 1997, p. 96 in the hudna of 1283 between al mansur qalawun and the crusaders, al-sumayriyya was still under crusader rule, while in 1281 it had come under mamluk control.pringle, 1998, pp. 332-333 a building with a court-yard, measuring 60,5 by 57 meters, dating from the crusader era, has been noted in the village, and a 13th century glass-factory has been excavated. ===ottoman era=== in 1738 richard pococke passed by the place, which he called semmars. he thought the name came from "st. mary's", and noted the remains of a wall of hewn stone, which he thought had belonged to a convent.pococke, 1745, vol ii, p. 78; referenced in pringle, 
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