Al-Ras, Tulkarm

al-Ras (

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.^[5]

Seven ruins are shown on the plan north of this village within about a mile. They are ancient watch towers, like those of Azzun.^[6] One of them, known as Gasr Bint esh-Sheikh, dates from the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods.^[7][8]

Ottoman era

Al-Ras was incorporated into the

In 1838, Robinson noted er-Ras as a village in Beni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus.^[10]

In 1870/1871 (1288

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Er Ras as: "a small hamlet on a high knoll, supplied by cisterns, with olives below on the north."^[12]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ras had a population of 92 Muslims,^[13] increasing in the 1931 census to 119 Muslims, living in 26 houses.^[14]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Er Ras was 160 Muslims,^[15] with 5,646 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.^[16] Of this, 1,029 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,027 were used for cereals,^[17] while 3 dunams were built-up (urban) land.^[18]

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  Al-Ras 1942 1:20,000
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  Al-Ras 1945 1:250,000

Jordanian era

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

In 1961, the population of Al-Ras was 269.^[19]

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Al-Ras has been under Israeli occupation.

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