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Sajur (; ) is a Druze town (local council) in the Galilee region of northern Israel, with an area of 3,000 (3 km2). It achieved recognition as an independent local council in 1992. In it had a population of .
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.Barbe, 2006, Sajur
In the Crusader states Sajur was known as Seisor or Saor.Frankel, 1988, pp. 265, 267 In 1249 John Aleman transferred land, including the casalia of Beit Jann, Sajur, Majd al-Krum and Nahf to the Teutonic Knights.Strehlke, 1869, pp. 78-79, No. 100; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RHH, p. 308, No. 1175; cited in Frankel, 1988, p. 254
In 1322 Marino Sanuto the Elder showed Sajur on his map, named Seggori.Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 208
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."Guérin, 1880, p. 453
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 and spring near".Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 204
A population list from about 1887 showed that Sejur had 190 inhabitants; all Druze.Schumacher, 1888, p. 174
In the 1945 statistics, Sajur had 350 inhabitants; 10 Muslims and 340 classified as “others” (=Druze).Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4 They owned a total of 8,172 of land, while 64 dunams were public.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41 4 dunams were used for citrus and bananas, 1,380 for plantations and irrigable land, 1,933 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 81 while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 131
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