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Sajur (; ) is a Druze town (local council) in the region of northern , with an area of 3,000 (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 .
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According to , Ishmael ben Elisha ha-Kohen, and Simeon ben Eleazar are buried in Sajur.Hadad, David. (2007), Ma'aseh Avos. Feldheim Publishers. p. 211 and p. 496.

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 Sajur was known as Seisor or Saor.Frankel, 1988, pp. 265, 267 In 1249 transferred land, including the of , Sajur, and to the .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


Ottoman Empire
Sajur was mentioned as a village in the for the year 1555-6, located in the of Acre of the Liwa of . The land was designated as Sahi land, that is, land belonging to the Sultan.Rohde, 1979, p. 95

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


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,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Acre, p. 36 where the Christians were all Orthodox.Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p. 50 The population increased in the 1931 census to 254; 141 Druze, 11 Muslims and 2 Christians, in a total of 53 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 102

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


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.


Notable people
  • , gymnast, 2007 Miss Israel beauty pageant contestant and subject of "Lady Kul El Arab" documentary film


See also
  • Druze in Israel


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