Anzah

Pottery sherds from the Byzantine, early Muslim and the Medieval eras have been found here.Zertal, 2004, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt-IvRhCEyYC&pg=PA202 202]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt-IvRhCEyYC&pg=PA203 203]

In 1830, during the Ottoman era, when the forces of Bashir Shihab II besieged Sanur, they were harassed by the people of Anzah.Shehabi 1969, III, pp. 805-806; cited in Zertal, 2004, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt-IvRhCEyYC&pg=PA202 202]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt-IvRhCEyYC&pg=PA203 203] In 1838, 'Anaza was noted as being in the District of esh-Sha'rawiyeh esh-Shurkiyeh, the eastern part.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd app, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/129/mode/1up 129]

In 1870, Victor Guérin found it "situated on a hill and counting scarcely a hundred inhabitants today. A belt of olive trees surrounds it."Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n242/mode/1up 217]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as: "A village of ancient appearance on a hill perched above the plain, the houses descending the slope on the south-east. It has two wells down the hill and a good olive grove near the road on the south. The houses are of stone."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/155/mode/1up 155]

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village had a population of 537 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n31/mode/1up 29] increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 642 Muslims, with 137 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 67]

In the 1944/5 statistics, the population was 880 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p16.jpg 16] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905203337/http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p16.jpg |date=2018-09-05 }} with a total of 4,740 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. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jinin/Page-054.jpg 54] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229202532/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jinin/Page-054.jpg |date=2012-02-29 }} Of this, 958 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,110 dunams for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jinin/Page-098.jpg 98] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205623/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jinin/Page-098.jpg |date=2014-01-04 }} while 16 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jinin/Page-148.jpg 148] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104205611/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jinin/Page-148.jpg |date=2014-01-04 }}

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

In 1961, the population of 'Anze was 1,011.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p25.pdf 25]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Anzah has been held under Israeli occupation. According to the Israeli census of that year, the population of Anza stood at 807, of whom 13 were registered as having come from Israel.{{cite web |url=http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/1967_census/vol_1_tab_2.pdf |title=The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version |author=Perlmann, Joel |date=November 2011 – February 2012 |website=Levy Economics Institute |access-date=29 January 2018 }} Under the Oslo Accords, most of this town was assigned to Area B, with political control assigned to the Palestinian National Authority.B'Tselem Interactive Map https://www.btselem.org/map

The village has six major families: Obaid, Sadaqa, Barahmeh, Ataya, Khader, and Omour.

Anzah's residents has origins in Yatta. They say they have longstanding roots in the area.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. 350-351

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• {{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
• {{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945}}
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