Illar, Tulkarm

Illar, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami, part of the Sanjak of Nablus. The village had a population of 41 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, beehives and/or goats, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 5,074 akçe. All of the revenue went to a Waqf.[7]

In 1838 'Ellar was noted as a village in the esh-Sharawiyeh esh-Shurkiyeh (the Eastern) district, north of Nablus.[8]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "a small village on the side of a hill, with olives and wells."[9]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Allar had a population of 835, all Muslims,[10] increasing in the 1931 census to 1047 Muslims, in 268 houses.[11]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Illar was 1,450, all Muslims,[12] with 13,981 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[13] 4,432 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 5,431 used for cereals,[14] while 33 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[15]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Illar came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Illar was 2,499.[16]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Illar has been under Israeli occupation.

After Oslo II Accord in 1995, Illar was placed under Area A of the West Bank under security and civil administration of the Palestinian National Authority.