Sir, Jenin
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Location
Sir is located on the southern part of Marj Sanur, together with Meithalun.[3]
History
SWP noted: "The ruin west of the village has the appearance of an ancient site. Foundations, cisterns cut in the rock, and heaps of stones among bushes."[4]
Pottery sherds from the Persian,[5] early and late Roman,[5] and Byzantine[5][6] eras have been found here.
Sir is identified with Kfar Zir (Template:Langx), mentioned in the 6th-7th century Mosaic of Reḥob as a Jewish village in the region of Sebastia inhabited mostly by non-Jews and, therefore, agricultural produce obtained from the area could be taken by Jews without the normal restrictions imposed during the Sabbatical years, or the need for tithing.[7]
A Crusader estate named Casale Syrorum, whose rights were affirmed in the year 1165/1166 CE by Amalric of Jerusalem, was located here.[8][9]
Ottoman era
Sir, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami which was under the administration of the Nablus Sanjak. The village had a population of 31 households and 4 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, beehives and/or goats, in addition to occasional revenues, a tax for people of liwa Nablus, and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 7,832 akçe.[10]
In 1870, Victor Guérin noted it as a small village on a high hill. There were many cisterns and tombs cut out from the rock, which convinced Guérin that the place was ancient. The inhabitant, which numbered 150, had a mosque.[11]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Sir as: "A small village on a knoll amid brushwood, with a large house on the west."[12]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Sir had 194 Muslims inhabitants,[13] increasing in the 1931 census to 233; 2 Christians and 231 Muslims, in a total of 42 houses.[14]
In the 1945 statistics the population of Sir was 290, all Muslims,[15] with 12,499 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[16] Of this, 1,908 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 6,045 dunams for cereals,[17] while 10 dunams were built-up (urban) land and 4,536 dunams were classified as "non-cultivable".[18]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Sir came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 470 inhabitants.[19]
Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Sir has been under Israeli occupation.
References
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- ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Template:Webarchive Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ↑ Saulcy, 1854, vol 1, p. 87
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 245
- ↑ a b c Zertal, 2007, p. 147
- ↑ Dauphin, 1998, pp. 757-8
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- ↑ Röhricht, 1904, RRH Ad, pp. 25 -26, #422a
- ↑ Zertal, 2007, p. 146
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 125
- ↑ Guérin, 1874, p. 353
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 228
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 71
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 17
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 55
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 99
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 149
- ↑ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
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External links
- Welcome To Sir
- Sir, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 12: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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