Uzeir

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Arab village in northern Israel

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Uzeir (; ) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located near Nazareth Illit in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Batuf Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History

Findings from the Roman, Byzantine and Early Islamic periods have been found in the village.

Ottoman era

It was mentioned in the Ottoman defter for the year 1555–1556, as Mezraa land, (that is, cultivated land), called ‘Uzayr, located in the Nahiya of Tabariyya of the Liwa of Safad. The land was designated as Timar land.

In 1799, a map from Napoleon's invasion by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as El Qasr.

In 1838 it was noted as a Muslim village, el-'Aziz, in the Nazareth District.

In 1875, the French explorer Victor Guérin reached the village and described it as consisting of about 20 houses on the side of a hill. A few old columns were remains after an ancient site which had preceded the present village. A Muslim Maqam with two small domes, dedicated to "Neby A'ouzeir" was close by. In Palestine Exploration Fund's 1881 Survey of Western Palestine, the village (called El Azeir) was described as: A stone village at the foot of the hill. The plain to the north is cultivated with cotton, barley, etc. There are about 150 Moslems in the village. Water is supplied by cisterns in the village, and a tank.

A population list from about 1887 showed that el Azeir had about 45 Muslim inhabitants.

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British authorities, 'Uzair had a population of 70, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 88, still all Muslim, in 15 houses.

In the 1945 statistics the population was 150 Muslims while the total land area was 766 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 737 dunams were allocated for cereals, while 7 dunams were classified as built-up areas.

State of Israel

In 1948, Uzeir was captured by the Israeli army during the second part of Operation Dekel between 15 and 18 July. The village remained under martial law until 1966.

References

Bibliography

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/124/mode/1up 124]
  2. Cinamon, 2012, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1958&mag_id=119 ‘Uzeir, West]
  3. Rohde, 1979, p. 101
  4. Karmon, 1960, p. [http://www.jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,Y_1960_Jacotin_Map(IEJ_10).pdf 166] {{Webarchive. link. (2019-12-22 .)
  5. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/132/mode/1up 132]
  6. Guérin, 1880, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr01unkngoog#page/n377/mode/1up 364] ff
  7. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/362/mode/1up 362]
  8. Schumacher, 1888, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n209/mode/1up 184]
  9. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n40/mode/1up 38]
  10. Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 76]
  11. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p08.jpg 8]
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Nazareth/Page-063.jpg 63]
  13. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Nazareth/Page-110.jpg 110]
  14. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Nazareth/Page-160.jpg 160]

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