Sajur

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Druze town in Galilee, Israel

title: "Sajur" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["arab-localities-in-israel", "druze-communities-in-israel", "local-councils-in-northern-district-(israel)", "jewish-pilgrimage-sites"] description: "Druze town in Galilee, Israel" topic_path: "geography/israel" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sajur" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Druze town in Galilee, Israel ::

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image_captionView of Sajur
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blank_name_sec1Name meaning
blank_info_sec1Seijur, possibly from "a dog collar", or "red turbid water"
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| name = Sajur | native_name = {{Hlist | {{Script/Hebrew|סָג'וּר, סאג'ור}} | {{Script/Hebrew|ساجور}} | settlement_type = Local council | translit_lang1 = Hebrew | translit_lang1_type1 = ISO 259 | translit_lang1_info1 = Saǧur | image_skyline = סאגור.JPG | image_caption = View of Sajur | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map = Israel northwest#Israel | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_label_position = top | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | grid_name = Grid position | grid_position = 182/260 PAL | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Northern | unit_pref = dunam | area_total_dunam = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning | blank_info_sec1 = Seijur, possibly from "a dog collar", or "red turbid water" Sajur (; ) is a 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 it had a population of .

History

Sajur is identified with Shazur, an ancient village associated with Simeon Shezuri. According to Jewish traditions, Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen, Simeon Shezuri and Simeon ben Eleazar are buried in Sajur.

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 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.

In the Crusader era Sajur was known as Seisor or Saor. In 1249 John Aleman transferred land, including the casalia of Beit Jann, Sajur, Majd al-Krum and Nahf to the Teutonic Knights.

In 1322 Marino Sanuto the Elder showed Sajur on his map, named Seggori.

Ottoman Empire

Sajur was mentioned as a village in the Ottoman defter for the year 1555-6, located in the Nahiya of Acre of the Liwa of Safad. The land was designated as Sahi land, that is, land belonging to the Sultan.

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."

In 1881, the PEF'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".

A population list from about 1887 showed that Sejur had 190 inhabitants; all Druze.

British Mandate

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Sajur had a population of 196; 176 Druze, 17 Muslims and 3 Christians, where the Christians were all Orthodox. The population increased in the 1931 census to 254; 141 Druze, 11 Muslims and 2 Christians, in a total of 53 houses.

In the 1945 statistics, Sajur had 350 inhabitants; 10 Muslims and 340 classified as “others” (=Druze). They owned a total of 8,172 dunams of land, while 64 dunams were public. 4 dunams were used for citrus and bananas, 1,380 for plantations and irrigable land, 1,933 for cereals, while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land.

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. In 2022, 100% of the population was Druze.{{Cite web |title=סאג'ור |url=https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/DocLib/2024/local_authorities22_1957/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A8.pdf |access-date=17 July 2025 |website=Central Bureau of Statistics}}

Notable people

References

Bibliography

  • {{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}}

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/93/mode/1up 93], [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/50/mode/1up 50], [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/65/mode/1up 65]
  2. Rozenfeld, Ben Tsiyon. (2010). "Torah centers and rabbinic activity in Palestine, 70-400 CE: history and geographic distribution". Brill.
  3. 1583309632
  4. Barbe, 2006, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=404&mag_id=111 Sajur]
  5. Frankel, 1988, pp. 265, 267
  6. 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
  7. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/208/mode/1up 208]
  8. Rohde, 1979, p. 95
  9. Guérin, 1880, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr01unkngoog#page/n466/mode/1up 453]
  10. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/204/mode/1up 204]
  11. Schumacher, 1888, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n199/mode/1up 174]
  12. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Acre, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n38/mode/1up 36]
  13. Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n52/mode/1up 50]
  14. Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 102]
  15. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p04.jpg 4]
  16. 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]
  17. 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]
  18. 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]

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