Sanur Village
The village of Sanour, with its strategic citadel, has roots dating back to the Roman era. Overlooking the fertile "Marj Sanour" plain, the third largest in Palestine, the village's name has Latin origins, meaning "the elevated place." In the 18th and 19th centuries, Sanour and its fortress were the stronghold of the powerful Jarrar family. The citadel, built around 1785 by Yousef Al-Jarrar, Sheikh of Mount Nablus, was designed to protect his power from internal and external threats. As a throne village, Sanour became the center of Jarrar family rule over nearby villages in the Jenin region during the late Ottoman period. However, in 1831, the citadel was destroyed during Ibrahim Pasha's Egyptian campaign in Palestine and Syria.
Al Sanur Citadel:
It is one of the largest citadels in the Palestinian countryside. Its walls are about three meters thick on the northern side, and about 4675 square meters. The height of its walls varies, reaching nearly 15 meters on the southern side. What increases the enormity of the citadel is that it is built on a hill of rocks.
There is no exact date for the construction of the citadel, but as Ihsan Al-Nimr points out in his book, the Jarrars came to Palestine in 1670 AD, and Zahir al-Umar al-Zaydani attacked this castle in 1735 AD, which suggests that it was built at the end of the seventeenth century, around the year 1700 AD.
Research that was organized to study the citadel and its sections, showed that the wall of the castle contained within it several different buildings in its history, and among these buildings, the government administration building, the palaces established by Sheikh Yusuf al-Jarrar, the court, the women's yard, the servant s' yard and the Palace of Sheikh Ibrahim Jarrar 1841 AD. Three entrances were found to the castle; the main entrance is located on the western side, the eastern entrance is called the Saraya entrance, attributed to the palace of Yusuf al-Jarrar, and the entrance to the Diwan is also located on the East side.