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{{Short description|Druze town in Galilee, Israel}}
{{For|the river of this name|Sajur River}}
{{Infobox settlement
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'''Sajur''' ({{Langx|he|סָג'וּר}}; {{Langx|ar|ساجور}}) is a [[Druze citizens of Israel|Druze]] town ([[local council (Israel)|local council]]) in the [[Galilee]] region of northern [[Israel]], with an area of 3,000 [[dunam]]s (3&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>). It achieved recognition as an independent local council in 1992. In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Sajur}}.{{Israel populations|reference}}

==History==
Sajur is identified with Shazur, an ancient village associated with  [[Simeon Shezuri]].<ref name="Rozenfeld">{{Cite book |last=Rozenfeld |first=Ben Tsiyon |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/695990313 |title=Torah centers and rabbinic activity in Palestine, 70-400 CE: history and geographic distribution |date=2010 |publisher=Brill |others=Chava Cassel |isbn=978-90-474-4073-4 |location=Leiden |pages=140 |oclc=695990313}}</ref> According to [[Jewish tradition|Jewish traditions]], [[Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen]], [[Simeon Shezuri]] and [[Simeon ben Eleazar]] are buried in Sajur.<ref>Hadad, David. (2007), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=AWmcM5vB2t0C&dq=shazor+sajur&pg=PA496 Ma'aseh Avos]''. Feldheim Publishers. p. 211 and p. 496. {{ISBN|1583309632}}</ref>

Excavations in 1951, 1980 and 1993, on behalf of the [[Israel Antiquities Authority]] revealed, respectively, a tomb with 13 loculi that dated to the Roman–Byzantine periods, a tomb with eight or nine loculi dating to the end of the second century CE and a small tomb with a single room dating to the first–second centuries CE. A [[Rescue archaeology|salvage dig]] in January 2002, prior to building a car park, revealed a bedrock-hewn cave, devoid of finds, which may have been a tomb, and various unremarkable finds, although the presence of many finds at the bottom of the stratigraphic sequence is evidence of Iron Age occupation at Sajur.<ref>Barbe, 2006, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=404&mag_id=111 Sajur]</ref>

In the [[Crusader states|Crusader era]] Sajur was known as ''Seisor'' or ''Saor.''<ref>Frankel, 1988, pp. 265, 267</ref> In 1249  [[John Aleman]] transferred land, including the  [[casalia]] of  [[Beit Jann]],  Sajur,  [[Majd al-Krum]] and [[Nahf]] to the [[Teutonic Knights]].<ref>Strehlke, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n94/mode/1up 78]-79, No. 100; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RHH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n314/mode/1up  308], No. 1175; cited in Frankel, 1988, p. 254</ref>

In 1322 [[Marino Sanuto the Elder]] showed Sajur on his map, named ''Seggori''.<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/208/mode/1up 208]</ref>

===Ottoman Empire===
Sajur was mentioned as a village in the  [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[defter]] for the year 1555-6, located  in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Safad]]. The land  was  designated as  ''Sahi'' land, that is, land belonging to the [[Suleiman the Magnificent|Sultan]].<ref>Rohde, 1979, p. 95</ref>

In 1875, [[Victor Guérin]] noted that "It is today a small village, inhabited by Druze; it is located on a hill that was once completely covered with houses. At the bottom, some gardens are planted with fig, olive, pomegranate and mulberry trees."<ref>Guérin, 1880, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr01unkngoog#page/n466/mode/1up 453]</ref>

In 1881, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s [[PEF Survey of Palestine|''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP)]] described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 100 Druzes; in the plain, with olives and arable land; water from [[cistern]]s and spring near".<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/204/mode/1up 204]</ref>

A population list from about 1887 showed that  Sejur had 190 inhabitants; all Druze.<ref>Schumacher, 1888, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n199/mode/1up 174]</ref>

=== British Mandate ===
In the [[1922 census of Palestine]] conducted by the [[Mandate for Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], Sajur had a population of 196; 176 Druze, 17 Muslims and 3 Christians,<ref name=Census1922a>Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Acre, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n38/mode/1up 36]</ref> where the Christians were all Orthodox.<ref name=Census1922b>Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n52/mode/1up  50]</ref> The population increased in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] to 254; 141 Druze, 11 Muslims and 2 Christians, in a total of 53 houses.<ref name=Census1931>Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas  102]</ref>

In the  [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]], Sajur had 350 inhabitants; 10 Muslims and 340 classified as “others” (=Druze).<ref name=DoS1945>Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p04.jpg 4]</ref> They owned a total of 8,172 [[dunam]]s of land, while 64 dunams were public.<ref name=Hadawi41>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Acre/Page-041.jpg  41]</ref> 4 dunams were used for citrus and bananas, 1,380 for plantations and irrigable land, 1,933 for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Acre/Page-081.jpg 81]</ref> while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Acre/Page-131.jpg 131]</ref>

=== Israel ===
In 1992, Sajur was recognized as a local council.

==Demographics==
According to [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics]], the town had a low ranking (3 out of 10) on the country's socioeconomic index (December 2001). The average salary that year was NIS 3,531 per month, whereas the national average was NIS 6,835.

==Notable people==

* [[Angelina Fares]], gymnast, 2007 Miss Israel beauty pageant contestant and subject of "[[Lady Kul El Arab]]" documentary film

==See also==
*[[Druze in Israel]]

==References==
{{Reflist|25em}}

==Bibliography==
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite journal |last=Barbé |first=Hervé |date=2006-08-09|url=http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=404&mag_id=111|title=Sajur Final Report|journal=Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel|number=118}} 
*{{cite book | editor =Barron, J.B. |title= Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922   |publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}}
*{{cite book
|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder
|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp01conduoft
|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology
|location=London
|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]
|volume=1}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Department of Statistics|year=1945|publisher=Government of Palestine}}
*{{cite journal 
| first1=Rafael | last1=Frankel 
| title=Topographical notes on the territory of Acre in the Crusader period | journal= [[Israel Exploration Journal]] | volume=38 | number= 4 | year=1988 | pages= 249–272}} 
*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|authorlink=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr01unkngoog|volume=3: Galilee, pt. 1|year=1880|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=French}}
*{{cite book
|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
|first=S.|last=Hadawi|authorlink=Sami Hadawi
|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}}
*{{cite book|editor = Mills, E.|title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}} 
*{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}
*{{cite book|last=Rhode |first=H.|authorlink=Harold Rhode|date=1979|url=https://www.academia.edu/2026845 |title=Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century   |publisher=[[Columbia University]]}}
*{{cite book|last=Röhricht|first=R.|authorlink=Reinhold Röhricht|title= (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI)|url=https://archive.org/details/regestaregnihie00rhgoog|year=1893|publisher=Libraria Academica Wageriana|location=Berlin|language=Latin}} 
*{{cite journal | last = Schumacher | first =G.| authorlink = Gottlieb Schumacher | title = Population list of the Liwa of Akka |  journal = Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund | volume = 20 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/quarterlystateme19pale/page/169 169]–191 | url =https://archive.org/details/quarterlystateme19pale | year = 1888}} 
*{{cite book
|editor-last=Strehlke | editor-first = E.| editor-link = Ernst Strehlke
|title=Tabulae Ordinis Theutonici ex tabularii regii Berolinensis codice potissimum
|url=https://archive.org/details/tabulaeordinist00stregoog|year=1869|publisher= Weidmanns |location=Berlin}}
{{Refend}}

==External links==
*[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Sajur_1539/  Welcome To Sajur]
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8367  IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.04.jpg Wikimedia commons] 
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