Anin () is a Palestinian village in the West Bank governorate of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 4,216 inhabitants in 2017.
History
Potsherds from Iron Age I,Zertal, 2016, pp. 127-130 IA II, Persian, early and late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and the Middle Ages have been found here.
"Immediately north of the village is a rock-cut passage large enough to walk along, extending about 50 feet and lined with cement; it then becomes about a foot high. This leads out on to a flat surface of rock.(...) Two rock-cut tombs, now blocked, exist west of this."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 51Dauphin, 1998, p. 748
The Reḥov mosaic inscription from the Byzantine period lists 'Ananin (עננין) among the Jewish settlements of the Sebaste district, whose inhabitants were exempt from agricultural laws governing produce because of the territory’s ambiguous status.
Ottoman era In 1517 'Anin was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. During the 16th and 17th centuries, it belonged to the Turabay Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the Jezreel Valley, Haifa, Jenin, Beit She'an Valley, northern Jabal Nablus, Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, and the northern part of the Sharon plain. In the census of 1596 it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Sahil Atlit which was under the administration of the liwa ("district") of Lajjun. The village had a population of 16 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,600 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 159 Potsherds from the Ottoman era have also been found here.
In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya of Shafa al-Gharby.
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Anin as: "a small village on a ridge, partly built of stone, with a small olive grove beneath it on the west, and two wells on that side. It has the appearance of an ancient site, having rock-cut tombs, and a curious channel for water."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 44
British mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village had a population of 360 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30 increasing in the 1931 census to 447 Muslims, in 68 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 67
In the 1944/5 statistics the population of Anin was 590 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 with a total of 15,049 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 Of this, 1,769 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,806 dunams for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 98 while 13 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 148
Jordanian era After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, 'Anin came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 752 inhabitants.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
Post-1967 'Anin has been under Israeli control along with the rest of the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
References
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External links Welcome To 'Anin Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons Olive wars, 2014, BBC, 'Anin 16.00-21:00