Far'un

Far'un

Rural demographics

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Far'un was incorporated into the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1517 with all of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], and in 1596 it appeared in the [[daftar|tax registers]] as being in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Bani Sa'b of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Sanjak of Nablus|Nablus]]. It had a population of 23 households, all [[Muslim]]s. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 3,837 [[akçe]]. 9/24 of the revenues went to a [[waqf]].Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 139
Far'un was incorporated into the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1517 with all of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], and in 1596 it appeared in the [[daftar|tax registers]] as being in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Bani Sa'b of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Sanjak of Nablus|Nablus]]. It had a population of 23 households, all [[Muslim]]s. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 3,837 [[akçe]]. 9/24 of the revenues went to a [[waqf]].Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 139


Far'un was marked as a village named "Faroun" on [[Pierre Jacotin]]'s map surveyed during [[Napoleon]]'s 1799 invasion.Karmon, 1960, p. [http://www.jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf 170] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222063351/http://jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf |date=2019-12-22 }} In 1838, ''Fer'on'' was noted as a Greek Christian village in the ''Beni Sa'ab'' area, west of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/128/mode/1up 128]
Far'un was marked as a village named "Faroun" on [[Pierre Jacotin]]'s map surveyed during [[Napoleon]]'s 1799 invasion.Karmon, 1960, p. [http://www.jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf 170] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222063351/http://jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf |date=2019-12-22 }} In 1838, ''Fer'on'' was noted as a Greek Christian village in the ''Beni Sa'ab'' area, west of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/128/mode/1up 128] The Christians were later replaced by Muslim migrants from neighboring [[Saffarin]].[[Roy Marom|Marom, Roy]] (2026). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/399915713_Settled_Land_-_The_Arab_Countryside_in_IsraelPalestine Settled Land: The Arab Countryside in Israel/Palestine]'' (in Hebrew). Ra'anana: Lamda Scholarship, The Open University of Israel Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-965-06-1769-1.


In 1870, the French explorer [[Victor Guérin]] noted that it was situated on a hill, and contained 500 inhabitants.Guérin, 1875, p.[https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n377/mode/1up 352] In 1870/1871 (1288 [[Anno Hegirae|AH]]), an Ottoman census listed the village in the ''[[Nahiyah|nahiya]]'' (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=255}}
In 1870, the French explorer [[Victor Guérin]] noted that it was situated on a hill, and contained 500 inhabitants.Guérin, 1875, p.[https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n377/mode/1up 352] In 1870/1871 (1288 [[Anno Hegirae|AH]]), an Ottoman census listed the village in the ''[[Nahiyah|nahiya]]'' (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=255}}