Deir as-Sudan explained
Deir as-Sudan (Arabic: دير السودان) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 20 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 2,159 inhabitants in 2017.
Location
Deir as Sudan is located 14.7km (09.1miles) northwest of Ramallah. It is bordered by Ajjul to the east, Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya to the north, Kafr Ein to the west, Umm Safa and An Nabi Salih to the south.[3]
History
Ceramic sherds from the Byzantine,[4] Crusader/Ayyubid[5] and Mamluk[5] eras have been found here.
Ottoman era
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Dair Sudan, located in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Al-Quds. The population was 14 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 3,400 akçe.[6] Pottery from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.[5]
In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village in the Beni Zeid district, north of Jerusalem.[7]
An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated 22 houses and a population of 90, though the population count included men, only.[8] [9]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Deir es Sudan as: "A village of moderate size, with a well to the west, on the slope of a hill, with olive-groves round it."[10]
In 1896 the population of Der es-sudan was estimated to be about 153 persons.[11]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village, named Dair Al-Sudan, had a population of 173, all Muslim,[12] increasing in the 1931 census to 243 Muslims, in 53 houses.[13]
In the 1945 statistics the population of Deir es Sudan was 280 Muslims,[14] with 4498dunam of land under their jurisdiction, according to an official land and population survey.[15] Of this, 2,416 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 841 were for cereals,[16] while 15dunam were built-up (urban) land.[17]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Deir as-Sudan came under Jordanian occupation.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 486 inhabitants in Deir as-Sudan.[18]
1967-present
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir as-Sudan has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 57.2% of the village's total area has been defined as Area A land, 6.5% as Area B land, while the remaining 36.3% is Area C.[19]
Bibliography
- Book: Barron, J.B. . Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine . 1923.
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- Book: Dauphin, C.. Claudine Dauphin. La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations . III : Catalogue . BAR International Series 726 . 1998 . Archeopress . Oxford. fr. 0-860549-05-4.
- Book: Finkelstein, I. . Israel Finkelstein. Lederman, Zvi. 1997. Highlands of many cultures. Tel Aviv. Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. 965-440-007-3.
- Book: First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population . Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics . 1964.
- Book: Village Statistics, April, 1945 . Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. 1945.
- Book: Hadawi, S.. Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Sami Hadawi. 1970. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hartmann . M.. Martin Hartmann . Die Ortschaftenliste des Liwa Jerusalem in dem türkischen Staatskalender für Syrien auf das Jahr 1288 der Flucht (1871) . Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins . 6 . 102–149 . 1883.
- Book: Hütteroth . Wolf-Dieter . Kamal . Abdulfattah . Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century . 1977 . Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. 3-920405-41-2.
- Book: Mills, E. . Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas . Government of Palestine . Jerusalem . 1932.
- Book: Palmer, E.H.. Edward Henry Palmer. 1881. The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Book: Robinson. E.. Edward Robinson (scholar). Smith. E.. Eli Smith. 1841. Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Boston. Crocker & Brewster. 3.
- Schick . C.. Conrad Schick . Zur Einwohnerzahl des Bezirks Jerusalem . Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins . 19 . 120–127 . 1896.
- Socin . A.. Albert Socin . Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem . Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins . 2 . 135–163 . 1879.
External links
Notes and References
- February 2018 . Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) . . 64–82 . 2023-10-24.
- Palmer, 1881, p. 229
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170911210248/http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Deir%20as%20Sudan_Vp_En.pdf Deir as Sudan village profile
- Dauphin, 1998, p. 823
- Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 455
- Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 116
- Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 124
- Socin, 1879, p. 152 It was also noted to be in the Beni Zeid district.
- Hartmann, 1883, p. 107; also noted 22 houses
- Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 290
- Schick, 1896, p. 124
- Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, p. 16
- Mills, 1932, p. 49
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 26
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 64
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 112
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 162
- Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170911210248/http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Deir%20as%20Sudan_Vp_En.pdf Deir as Sudan village profile