Sajur
Sajur
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Saǧur |
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  Sajur | |
| Coordinates: 32°55′53.94″N 35°19′10.51″E / 32.9316500°N 35.3195861°ECoordinates: 32°55′53.94″N 35°19′10.51″E / 32.9316500°N 35.3195861°E | |
| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,296 dunams (3.296 km2 or 1.273 sq mi) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,014 |
Sajur (Hebrew: סָג'וּר; Arabic: ساجور) is an Druze town (local council) in the Galilee region of northern Israel, with an area of 3,000 dunams (3 km²). It achieved recognition as an independent local council in 1992. In 2015 it had a population of 4,014.
History
A salvage dig in January 2002 on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority excavated 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. The presence of many finds at the bottom of the stratigraphic sequence is evidence of Iron Age occupation at Sajur.[2]
In the Crusader era Sajur was known as Seisor or Saor.[3] In 1249 John Aleman transferred land, including the Casales of Beit Jann, Sajur, Majd al-Krum and Nahf to the Teutonic Knights.[4]
In 1322 Marino Sanuto the Elder showed Sanur on his map, named Seggori.[5]
Ottoman era
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."[6]
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's 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 cisterns and spring near".[7]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Sajur had a population of 196; 176 Druse, 17 Muslims and 3 Christians,[8] where the Christians were all Orthodox.[9] The population increased in the 1931 census to 254; 141 Druse, 11 Muslims and 2 Christians, in a total of 53 houses.[10]
By 1945, Sajur had 350 inhabitants; 10 Muslims and 340 classified as “others” (=Druse).[11] They owned a total of 8,172 dunams of land, while 64 dunams were public.[12] 4 dunams were used for citrus and bananas, 1,380 for plantations and irrigable land, 1,933 for cereals,[13] while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[14]
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.
Landmarks
According to Jewish tradition, the tombs of Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen and Simeon Shezuri are located in Sajur.[15]
Notable residents
- Angelina Fares - gymnast, 2007 Miss Israel beauty pageant contestant and subject of "Lady Kul El Arab" documentary film
References
- ↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ↑ Barbe, 2006, Sajur
- ↑ Frankel, 1988, pp. 265, 267
- ↑ Strehlke, 1869, pp. 78-79, No. 100; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RHH, p. 308, No. 1175; cited in Frankel, 1988, p. 254
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 208
- ↑ Guérin, 1880, p. 453
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 204
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Acre, p. 36
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p. 50
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 102
- ↑ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 81
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 131
- ↑ Hadad, David. (2007), Ma'aseh Avos. Feldheim Publishers. p. 211 and p. 496. ISBN 1583309632
Bibliography
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- Barbé, Hervé (2006-08-09). "Sajur Final Report" (118). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Frankel, Rafael (1988). "Topographical notes on the territory of Acre in the Crusader period". Israel Exploration Journal. 38 (4): 249–272.
- Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). 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. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Röhricht, Reinhold (1893). (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) (in Latin). Berlin: Libraria Academica Wageriana.
- Strehlke, Ernst, ed. (1869). Tabulae Ordinis Theutonici ex tabularii regii Berolinensis codice potissimum. Berlin: Weidmanns.
External links
- Welcome To Sajur
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
