ABSTRACT
Al-Haram was a village located 16 kilometers north of the city of Jaffa in the coastal plain sub-district of Jaffa. The village (PGR 131177) was built on a hill and looked out over the Mediterranean.1
The village of Al-Haram was also known as Sayyiduna ‘Ali (generally spelt as Sidna ‘Ali), meaning ‘our lord ‘Ali,’ because it was built around the shrine of a descendant of ‘Umar ibn al-Khatab named al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, who died in AD 1081.2 However another source claims that the name came from the fighter Abi Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Ulail, who was from the clan of ‘Umar ibn al-Khatab, since Abi Hasan ‘Ali ibn ‘Ulail was known generally by the name of ‘Ali ibn ‘Alim.3
