Sarta

Sarta is bordered by Haris to the east, Bruqin to the south, Biddya to the west, and Qarawat Bani Hassan to the north.

Sarta is on an ancient site, where cisterns and columbariums carved into rock have been found.Dauphin, 1998, p. 811 Sherds from Iron Age II and Persian eras have been found, but were possibly washed down from a nearby higher Tell.Finkelstein et al, 1998, pp. 273–274 Sherds from Byzantine/Early Umayyad and Crusader/Ayyubid occupations can be suggested according to the finds of sherds at Sarta, and according to finds at the site of the nearby sheikh tomb.

Yakut mentions "Suratah", as being in "a village in Jabal Nabulus".Le Strange, 1890, p. [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/540/mode/1up 540] It has been suggested that this was Sarta.

The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 6 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives; a total of 1,500 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 135

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Sarta formed part of the highland region known as Jūrat ‘Amra or Bilād Jammā‘īn. Situated between Dayr Ghassāna in the south and the present Route 5 in the north, and between Majdal Yābā in the west and Jammā‘īn, Mardā and Kifl Ḥāris in the east, this area served, according to historian Roy Marom, "as a buffer zone between the political-economic-social units of the Jerusalem and the Nablus regions. On the political level, it suffered from instability due to the migration of the Bedouin tribes and the constant competition among local clans for the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Ottoman authorities."{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2022-11-01 |title=Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE |url=https://www.academia.edu/90931976/Jind%C4%81s_A_History_of_Lyddas_Rural_Hinterland_in_the_15th_to_the_20th_Centuries_CE |journal=Lod, Lydda, Diospolis |volume=1 |pages=17}}

In 1838 it was noted as a village Serata, part of the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/127/mode/1up 127]

French explorer Victor Guérin travelled through the village in 1870, and found it to have around 40 houses, some better built than in the average village. The stones of the houses were alternately red and white. Several ancient cisterns dug into the rock provided water for the residents.Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n171/mode/1up 146]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village with a population of 27 households in the nahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Awwal, subordinate to Nablus.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=252}}

In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's "Survey of Western Palestine" described Serta as a small stone village.Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/287/mode/1up 287]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Sarta had a population of 275 Muslims and 1 Jew,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n28/mode/1up 26] increasing in the 1931 census to 317, all Muslim, in a total of 76 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 65]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 420, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p19.jpg 19] while the total land area was 5,584 dunams, 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/Nablus/Page-061.jpg 61] Of this, 1,858 were used for plantations and irrigable land, 766 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/Nablus/Page-107.jpg 107] while 23 dunams were classified as built-up areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Nablus/Page-158.jpg 158]

File:Biddya 1941.jpg|Sarta 1941 1:20,000

File:Biddya 1945.jpg|Sarta 1945 1:250,000

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

In 1961, the population was 740.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p26.pdf 26]

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

After the 1995 accords, 16.8% of the village land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 83.2% is Area C. Israel has confiscated 353 dunams of village land for the establishment of the Israeli settlement of Barkan.[http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/vprofile/Sarta_vp_en.pdf Sarta Village Profile (including ‘Izbat Abu Adam Locality)], ARIJ, p. 18

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• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Sarta_1561/index.html Welcome To Sarta]
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8376 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.14.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/factsheet/Sarta.pdf Sarta Village (including ‘Izbat Abu Adam Locality) (Fact Sheet)] Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/vprofile/Sarta_vp_en.pdf Sarta Village Profile (including ‘Izbat Abu Adam Locality)], ARIJ
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/images/english/Sarta_ap_en.jpg Sarta aerial photo], ARIJ
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Sarta_needs_en.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in Sarta], ARIJ
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054601/http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/opt_villageprofile_iwps_sarta_aug_2008.pdf Sarta Village Profile]
• [http://poica.org/2004/09/land-confiscation-tree-burning-and-uprooting-campaigns-against-the-village-of-sarta/ Land Confiscation, Tree Burning and Uprooting Campaigns against the Village of Sarta], 23 September 2004, POICA
• [http://poica.org/2008/09/israeli-occupation-forces-embark-on-the-expansion-of-burkan-industrial-compound/ Israeli Occupation Forces Embark on the Expansion of Burkan Industrial Compound], 3 September 2008, POICA
• [http://poica.org/2009/07/palestinian-land-bulldozed-for-colonial-expansion-in-sarta-village/ Palestinian land bulldozed for colonial expansion in Sarta village] 08, July, 2009, POICA
• [http://poica.org/2012/01/extension-of-take-over-lands-in-bruqin-sarta-and-haris-villages/ Extension of Take Over lands in Bruqin, Sarta, and Haris villages] 02, January, 2012, POICA
• [http://poica.org/2012/02/a-new-israeli-military-order-to-grant-more-security-for-the-settlement-of-barqan/ A new Israeli military order to grant more security for the settlement of Barqan], 25 February 2012, POICA
• [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/BARKAN_COLONY_09_07.JPG Barkan colony map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714235450/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/BARKAN_COLONY_09_07.JPG |date=2009-07-14 }}

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