Deir Sharaf

 ( Nablus Governorate ) 

Deir Sharaf () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,949 inhabitants in 2017.

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Location Deir Sharaf is located northwest of Nablus. It is bordered by An Naqura, Beit Iba, and Sabastiya to the east, Burqa and Ramin to the north, Beit Lid to the west, and Qusin to the south. Deir Sharaf village profile, ARIJ, p. 4

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History Pottery from the Iron Age II, Byzantine Empire, early Muslim and Medieval era have been found here.Zertal, 2004, pp. 390- 391

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Ottoman era Deir Sharaf, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the Defter of 1596 it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami, which was part of the Sanjak of Nablus. The village had a population of 55 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, beehives and/or goats, in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a tax on Muslims in the Nablus area; a total of 9,372 akçe. The whole of the revenue went to a Waqf for the Madrasa of Ramla.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 126

In 1838, Deir Sheraf was located in the Wady esh-Sha'ir District, west of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 138Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd Appendix, p. 129

In 1870, Victor Guérin noted “a small square in front of the mosque paved by ancient slabs” in the village, which he called Deir Ech-Cheraf.Guérin, 1875, p. 186

In 1870/1871 (1288 Anno Hegirae), an Ottoman census listed the village in the Nahiyah (sub-district) of Wadi al-Sha'ir.

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Deir Sheraf: "A village of small size, situated in a hollow. Above it, beside the road on the east, is a good spring, apparently perennial, and round this are vegetable gardens irrigated with its waters. Figs and olives also grow in the vicinity."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 159

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British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Deir Sharaf had a population of 487, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 24 increasing in the 1931 census to 572, still all Muslim, in a total of 118 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 61

In the 1945 statistics, Deir Sharaf had a population of 800, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18 with 7,190 of land, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59 Of this, 391 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 4,335 used for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 105 while 71 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 156

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Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Deir Sharaf came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,241 inhabitants in Deir Sharaf.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26

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Post-1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir Sharaf has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by Israel was 973, of whom 46 originated from the Israeli territory.

After the 1995 accords, 23% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 77% as Area C. 236 dunams Deir Sharaf’s land has been confiscated by the Israel for the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron, located just north of Deir Sharaf. Deir Sharaf village profile, ARIJ, pp. 15-16

On 3 July 2014, Israeli authorities stated that they were confiscating 16 dunams of land near the village for “military purposes”. 'Israeli authorities issued confiscation orders for 16 dunams of Palestinian land west of N,' Ma'an News Agency 3 July 2014.

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Demography The village's residents have their origins in various places, including Ramin, 'Atara, Qusin, Kafr Aqab and others.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 353

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Bibliography

• (1977). 9783920405414, Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. . ISBN 9783920405414
• A. Zertal (2025). 9789004137561, BRILL. . ISBN 9789004137561

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External links

• Welcome to Dayr Sharaf
• Deir Sharaf, Welcome to Palestine
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Deir Sharaf village profile, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
• Dayr Sharaf aerial photo, ARIJ
• Development Priorities and Needs in Deir Sharaf, ARIJ

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