Kafr Sur

Al-Ras was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in a sijill (royal order) from 941/1535 an unspecified share of the village revenue was given to the waqf for Ribat al-Mansuri (com) in Jerusalem.[5]

In 1596 the village appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 22 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 6,100 akçe.[6]

In 1838, Robinson noted Kefr Sur as a village in Beni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus.[7]

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Kefr Sur as: "A small stone village on a knoll, supplied by cisterns."[8]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kufr Sur had a population of 271 Muslims,[9] increasing in the 1931 census to 559; 553 Muslims and 6 Christians, living in 128 houses. The 1931 numbers included the Bayarat Hannoun and the Arab el Balawin.[10]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Sur was 460; 450 Muslims and 10 Christians,[11] with 10,926 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[12] Of this, 878 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,644 were used for cereals,[13] while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[14]

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  Kafr Sur 1942 1:20,000
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  Kafr Sur 1945 1:250,000

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

In 1961, the population of Kafr Sur was 656.[15]

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