Sanur, Jenin
| Sanur | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | صانور |
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| Coordinates: 32°21′23″N 35°14′49″E / 32.35639°N 35.24694°ECoordinates: 32°21′23″N 35°14′49″E / 32.35639°N 35.24694°E | |
| Palestine grid | 173/195 |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 4,067 |
| Name meaning | Sanur, personal name |
Sanur (Arabic: صانور, also spelled Sanour) is a Palestinian village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Jenin, in the Jenin Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Sanur had a population of 4,067 in 2007. During the late Ottoman era, Sanur served as a fortified village of the Jarrar clan and played a key role in limiting the centralized power of the Ottoman sultanate, the Ottoman governors of Damascus and Acre and the Ottoman-aligned Tuqan clan of Nablus from exerting direct authority over the rural highlands of Jabal Nablus (modern-day northern West Bank).
Ceramics from the late Roman and the Byzantine era have been found. An old cistern is found by the mosque. Cisterns are also carved into rock on the steep slopes, as are tombs.
Sanur, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in 1596 it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the nahiya (subdistrcit) of Jabal Sami in the sanjak (district) of Nablus. It had a population of 23 households and five bachelors, all Muslims. Taxes were paid on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, occasional revenues, goats and/or beehives.
Modern Sanur was founded by a branch of the Jarrar clan that migrated to the site from Jaba', during the Ottoman era. Sanur served as the Jarrar clan's throne village, from where they controlled many of the villages in the region of Jenin, Lajjun, the Jezreel Valley (Marj Ibn Amer) and Nazareth. In 1785, under the leadership of Sheikh Yusuf al-Jarrar, a formidable fortress was built in the village, which guarded access to Nablus from the north. Part of the fortress's walls had been built earlier by Sheikh Yusuf's father, Muhammad Zabin. The fortress, along with their large peasant militia, solidified the Jarrar clan's military strength. Unlike the other roughly two dozen throne villages in Palestine's central highlands, Sanur was completely encircled by fortified walls.
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