Yajur, Haifa

In 1799, it was noted on the map that Pierre Jacotin compiled that year, though it was misnamed as Beled el Charq (=Balad al-Sheikh).[7]

In 1872, the Ottoman authorities sold land in Yajur to two Lebanese businessmen, Sursock and Salim al-Khuri.[8]

In 1875, Victor Guérin found the village to have about 200 inhabitants, and that it was surrounded by fig and olive trees.[9]

A population list from about 1887 showed that Yajur had about 150 inhabitants; all Muslims.[10]

In the early twentieth century the village, named El-Yadschur, was noted with 153 inhabitants. The village had a mosque. It was also noted that the villagers no longer owned their land, as it was owned by a selim el-churi, who planned to start silk production in the village.[11]

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  Yajur (Yagur) Palestine Exploration Fund map. 1875
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  Yajur 1942 1:20,000
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  Yajur 1945 1:250,000

In the 1922 census of Palestine Yajur had a population of 202; all Muslims,[12] while in the 1931 census it was counted with Nesher; together they had 1,449 inhabitants; 554 Muslim, 26 Christians and 858 Jews, in addition to 11 with no religion, in a total of 291 houses.[13]

The Lebanese landowners sold land in Yajur to the Zionist, who in turn established the kibbutz of Yagur in 1922 on what had traditionally been village land.[8]

The village population in the 1945 statistics was 610; 560 Muslims and 50 Christians,[4][3] with a total of 2,720 dunams of land.[3] Of this, Arabs used 57 dunums of land for plantations and irrigable land, 261 for cereals,[14] while 18 dunams were classified as built-up land.[15]

Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel. In 1992, the village site was described: "No traces of the houses remain on the site, which is marked by numerous fig trees and a smaller number of olive trees."[5] Kibbutz Yagur uses part of Yajur's former land for agriculture, with cement factories on another part.[5]