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17-445: Al-Mughayyir was established by shepehrds from Deir Jarir and from Marj Ibn Amer , probably around the mid-19th century, around an old ruin. In 1882, the PEF 's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as "a small place on a rocky hill top. The water supply is by means of rain water cisterns . The houses are of stone and mud." In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by

34-512: A detailed map of the country. Guérin visited the Holy Land eight times in 1852, 1854, 1863, 1870, 1875, 1882, 1884, and 1888. He won a French Academy of Sciences prize for his 7-volume Geographical, Historical, and Archaeological Description of Palestine . Much of Guérin's work describes ruins (khirbas) in places he visited. In his books Guerin writes about the identification and history of archaeological sites, often referring to passages from

51-558: A family feud. A Palestinian Christian from Taybeh was accused of having an affair with a Muslim woman from Deir Jarir. 13 houses were burned down and three men were arrested (two from Deir Jarir and one from Taybeh). According to the BBC, however, the towns are still friendly and consider themselves one family". Victor Gu%C3%A9rin Victor Guérin ( French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ ɡeʁɛ̃] ; 15 September 1821 – 21 September 1890)

68-605: A member of the French School of Athens . While exploring Samos , he identified the spring that feeds the Tunnel of Eupalinos and the beginnings of the channel. His doctoral thesis of 1856 dealt with the coastal region of Palestine, from Khan Yunis to Mount Carmel . Guerin died on 21 September 1891 in Paris. He was a professor of foreign literature in Lyon and Grenoble . In 1878 he joined

85-532: A total of 6 dunams were built-up, urban land. In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Al-Mughayyir came under Jordanian rule. In 1961, the population was 390. Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Al-Mughayyir has been under Israeli occupation . Deir Jarir Deir Jarir ( Arabic : دير جرير ) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in

102-524: A total of 4,300 akçe . Shards from the early Ottoman era have also been found. In 1838, Deir Jureir was described as a Muslim village in the Beni Murrah region north of Jerusalem. When the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1863 and 1870, he found 200 inhabitants. An Ottoman village list dating from 1870 records 111 houses and a population of 394 including men only. In 1882,

119-525: Is under the civil jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the remainder under Israeli military control. Most of the land under PNA administration is urban, surrounded by grape vines, and groves of fig and olive trees. 76% of the town's area is open space. Deir Jarir is located 12.2 kilometers (7.6 mi) northeast of Ramallah . It is bordered by Al Auja to the east, Kafr Malik and Al Mazra'a ash Sharqiya to

136-471: The 1931 census the population of Deir Jarir was a total of 847, still entirely Muslim, in 172 inhabited houses. In the 1945 statistics , the population of Deir Jarir was 1,080, all Muslims, who owned 33,161 dunams (33.2 km ; 12.8 sq mi) of land according to an official land and population survey. 3,091 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 6,499 used for cereals, while 40 dunams (4.0 ha; 9.9 acres) were built-up (urban) land. In

153-467: The British Mandate authorities , Mughair had a population 94 Muslims , increasing in the 1931 census to 156 Muslim, in a total of 31 houses. In the 1945 statistics the population was 220 Muslims, with a total of 18,049 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 711 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 5,487 dunams were for cereals, while

170-428: The PEF 's Survey of Western Palestine described Dar Jerir as "a village of moderate size, with ancient tombs to the south, and a spring to the west; a few olives on the same side." In 1896 the population of Deir Jarir was estimated to be about 828 persons. In the 1922 census of Palestine , conducted by the British Mandate authorities , the village, named Dair Ijreer , had a population of 739, all Muslim. In

187-531: The central West Bank , located twelve kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Ramallah . It is situated on a hilltop overlooking the Jordan Valley at an elevation of 900 metres (3,000 feet). According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Deir Jarir had a population of 4,469 inhabitants in 2017. It spreads across a large land area of 33,357 dunams (33.357 km ), of which 17.2%

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204-672: The faculty of the Institut Catholique de Paris . He was a member of the Société des Antiquaires de France from 1862, and of the Légion d'honneur from 1866. With the financial backing of Honoré Théodoric d'Albert de Luynes he explored Greece, the Greek Islands, Asia Minor, Egypt , Nubia , Tunisia , and the Levant . He published many unknown Punic and Roman inscriptions from Tunisia, as well as

221-458: The madrasa was 3,800 aspers . In 1517, Deir Jarir was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine . In 1596 Dar Jarir appeared in the tax registers as being in the nahiya of Quds in the liwa of Quds . It had a population of 23 Muslim households. Taxes were paid on wheat, barley, olives , vineyards, fruit trees, occasional revenues, goats and/or bee hives;

238-658: The north, Silwad to the west, and Et Taiyiba to the south. The village name means "the monastery/house of Jerir." 19th-century orientalist E. H. Palmer writes that it was named for the Arab poet Jarir ibn Atiyah . Sherds from the Mamluk era have been uncovered. In 1354, income from Deir Jarir was transferred to the waqf in Jerusalem to be used for the upkeep of the Khātūniyya Madrasa . In 1491-1492, annual revenue sent to

255-503: The wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Deir Jarir came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,474 inhabitants in Deir Jarir. Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir Jarir has been under Israeli occupation . The population of Deir Jerir in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities

272-402: Was 1,275, 18 of whom originated from the Israeli territory. After the 1995 accords , 15% of village land was classified as Area B , the remaining 85% as Area C . Israel has confiscated 1,264 of dunams of village land for the construction of the Israeli settlement of Kokhav HaShahar . In September 2005, hundreds of armed residents from Deir Jarir attacked the nearby town of Taybeh due to

289-629: Was a French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist. He published books describing the geography , archeology and history of the areas he explored, which included Greece , Asia Minor , North Africa , Lebanon , Syria and Palestine . Victor Guérin, a devout Catholic, graduated from the École normale supérieure in Paris in 1840. After graduation, he began working as a teacher of rhetoric and member of faculty in various colleges and high schools in France, then in Algeria in 1850, and 1852 he became

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