Uzeir

Uzeir (; ) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located near Nof HaGalil in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Batuf Regional Council. In it had a population of .

History Findings from the Roman, Byzantine and Early Islamic periods have been found in the village.Cinamon, 2012, ‘Uzeir, West

Ottoman Empire It was mentioned in the Ottoman defter for the year 1555–1556, as Mezraa land, (that is, cultivated land), called ‘Uzayr, located in the Nahiya of Tabariyya of the Liwa of Safad. The land was designated as Timar land.Rohde, 1979, p. 101

In 1799, a map from Napoleon's invasion by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as El Qasr.Karmon, 1960, p. 166 .

In 1838 it was noted as a Muslim village, el-'Aziz, in the Nazareth District.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, Appendix 2, p. 132

In 1875, the French explorer Victor Guérin reached the village and described it as consisting of about 20 houses on the side of a hill. A few old columns were remains after an ancient site which had preceded the present village. A Muslim Maqam with two small domes, dedicated to "Neby A'ouzeir" was close by.Guérin, 1880, pp. 364 ff In Palestine Exploration Fund's 1881 Survey of Western Palestine, the village (called El Azeir) was described as: A stone village at the foot of the hill. The plain to the north is cultivated with cotton, barley, etc. There are about 150 Moslems in the village. Water is supplied by cisterns in the village, and a tank.Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 362

A population list from about 1887 showed that el Azeir had about 45 Muslim inhabitants.Schumacher, 1888, p. 184

British Mandate In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British authorities, 'Uzair had a population of 70, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p. 38 increasing in the 1931 census to 88, still all Muslim, in 15 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 76

In the 1945 statistics the population was 150 MuslimsDepartment of Statistics, 1945, p. 8 while the total land area was 766 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 63 Of this, 737 dunams were allocated for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 110 while 7 dunams were classified as built-up areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 160

Israel In 1948, Uzeir was captured by the Israeli army during the second part of Operation Dekel between 15 and 18 July. The village remained under martial law until 1966.

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