Tayasir
| Tayasir | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | تياسير |
| • Also spelled | Tiaseer (official) |
Sketch of el-Kusr in Tayasir, 1882
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| Coordinates: 32°20′26″N 35°23′49″E / 32.34056°N 35.39694°ECoordinates: 32°20′26″N 35°23′49″E / 32.34056°N 35.39694°E | |
| Palestine grid | 187/194 |
| Governorate | Tubas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council (from 1997) |
| • Head of Municipality | Akram Dabaq |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 26,000 dunams (26.0 km2 or 10.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,489 |
Tayasir (Arabic: تياسير, also spelled Tiaseer) is a Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northern West Bank. It is located 3 kilometers northeast of Tubas and 22 kilometers northeast of Nablus. Nearby localities include al-Aqabah to the east, al-Bikai'a to the northeast, Salhab to the north, 'Aqqaba to the west and ath-Thaghra to the southwest. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Tayasir had a population of 2,489 in 2007.
Settlement in Tayasir is believed to date back to the Canaanite era in Palestine, its name deriving from the Canaanite word Asheer meaning "pleasure" or "happiness." Several archaeological remains are located in the village, including an Ancient Roman palace, an olive press, several grottoes and the old mosque. An ancient road went through the village, and Byzantine ceramics have been found. It appears to have been called Asher by the Bordeaux Pilgrim, in 333-334 CE.
Medieval Arab geographer al-Muqaddasi, writing in the late 10th century CE, referred to the village as "Ta'asir", describing it as a place equally far from Nablus and Beisan.
In 1500 the Arab clans of Jabir and Taleb from as-Salt in Transjordan re-settled in the site and established the modern village, due to its strategic location and isolated arable land. In 1596 it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as "Tayasir", a village in the nahiya of Jabal Sami in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 39 households and 9 bachelors, all Muslim, and paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, occasional revenues, goats, beehives and a press for olives or grapes.
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