Sanur, Jenin

Sanur (Arabic: صانور‎) is a Palestinian village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Jenin, in the Jenin Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Sanur had a population of 4,067 in 2007. During the late Ottoman era, Sanur served as a fortified village of the Jarrar clan and played a key role in limiting the centralized power of the Ottoman sultanate, the Ottoman governors of Damascus and Acre and the Ottoman-aligned Tuqan clan of Nablus from exerting direct authority over the rural highlands of Jabal Nablus (modern-day northern West Bank).

History

Ceramics from the late Roman and the Byzantine era have been found. An old cistern is found by the mosque. Cisterns are also carved into rock on the steep slopes, as are tombs.

Ottoman era

Sanur, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in 1596 it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the nahiya (subdistrcit) of Jabal Sami in the sanjak (district) of Nablus. It had a population of 23 households and five bachelors, all Muslims. Taxes were paid on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, occasional revenues, goats and/or beehives.

Jenin

Jenin (/dʒəˈniːn/; Arabic:  جنين ‎ Ǧinīn) is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank. It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate and is a major center for the surrounding towns. In 2007 the city had a population of 39,004. Jenin is under the administration of the Palestinian Authority.

Etymology

Jenin was known in ancient times as the village of "Ein-Jenin" or "Tel Jenin". Tell Jenin, is located at the center of what is today Jenin's business district. The word "'ayn" means "water spring" in Arabic and Hebrew, and the word "Jenin" might be related to the Hebrew word "גַּן" ("gan") and the Arabic word جنّة (janna), both of which mean "garden". The Arabicized name "Jenin" ultimately derives from this ancient name. The association of Jenin with the biblical city of Ein-Ganim was recognized by Ishtori Haparchi.

History

Jenin has been identified as the place Gina mentioned in the Amarna letters from the 14th century BCE.

Four terracotta lamps of Phoenician origin dated to the 8th century BCE were discovered in Ain Jenin by archaeologist G. I. Harding, and are interpreted as attesting to some form of contact and exchange between the residents of Jenin at that time and those of Phoenicia. During the Roman era, Jenin was called "Ginae," and was settled exclusively by Samaritans (Heb. כותים). The people of Galilee were disposed to pass through their city during the annual pilgrimages to Jerusalem.

Jenin (disambiguation)

Jenin could refer to the following places: