Yasid () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 15 kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,291 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,505 by 2017.Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004–2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Location Yasid is located 8.6 km north of Nablus. It is bordered by Wadi al Far’a to the east, the village of Siris to the north, Beit Imrin and Jaba’ to the west, and Talluza and ‘Asira ash Shamaliya villages to the south.Yasid Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
History Sherds from Iron Age (I-II)Zertal, 2004, pp. 508-509 Persian early and late Roman, Byzantine,Dauphin, 1998, p. 763 Early Islamic and Medieval periods have been found here.
Yasid was identified with Yaṣat or Yaset (), mentioned in the 9th–8th century BCE Samaria Ostraca (No. 9,-10, 19 and 47) and later in the 6th-7th century Mosaic of Reḥob as a Jewish village in the region of Sebastia which was inhabited mostly by non-Jews and, therefore, agricultural produce obtained from the area could be taken by Jews without the normal restrictions imposed during the Sabbatical years, or the need for tithing.Aaron Demsky, The Permitted Villages of Sebaste in the Reḥov Mosaic, Israel Exploration Journal (vol. 29, no. 3/4), Jerusalem 1979, p. 191.
Ottoman era Yasid, 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 which was under the administration of the liwa ("district") of Nablus. The village had a population of 47 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, beehives and/or goats, in addition to occasional revenues and a tax on Muslims in the Nablus area; a total of 7,340 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 126
In 1838, Yasid was located in the Haritheh District, north of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1941, vol 3, 2nd Appendix, p. 129
In 1882, in the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP), Yasid was described as "A village of moderate size on a knoll, with a few trees."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 158
British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Yasid had a population of 308 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 24 increasing in the 1931 census to 372; 369 Muslims and 3 Christians, in 67 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 66
In the 1945 statistics, Yasid had a population of 480 MuslimsGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19 while the total land area was 9,222 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 61 Of this, 860 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 4,040 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 108 while 43 dunams were classified as built-up areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 158
Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Yasid came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961 the population was 714.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
Post 1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Yasid has been under Israeli occupation, and the same year the population was recorded as 816.
After the 1995 accords all of the land in Yasid is classified as Area A land.
Demography
Local origins The residents of Yasid have their origins in Shefa-Amr.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 351 Several families live in Yasid, such as the Thaher family, descending from Zahir al-Umar, the king of Galilee in the 18th century AD. This family owns castles and ancient historical buildings dating back hundreds of years. In addition, there is the Mashaqi family, which resides in the eastern part of the town.
References
Bibliography
Perlmann, Joel: The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version. Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. November 2011 – February 2012. [Digitized from: Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 1967 Conducted in the Areas Administered by the IDF, Vols. 1–5 (1967–70), and Census of Population and Housing: East Jerusalem, Parts 1 and 2 (1968–70).]
External links Welcome To Yasid Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons Yasid Village Profile, Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) Yasid, aerial photo, ARIJ Development Priorities and Needs in Yasid, ARIJ