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==History==
In ancient times the place had been inhabited by [[Assyrian Chaldean people|AssyrianChaldean]] Christians. and was later inhabited by [[Kurds]] and Jews after the Christians deserted it.<ref name=MZ/>
In 1849, Sandur was described as an extensive village, containing over 100 Jewish households with a few inhabited by Kurds.<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KBE3AAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA113&dq=%22jewish+village%22&hl=en&ei=MdFrTKHLKNiSONH56I0B&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jewish%20village%22&f=false Jewish missionary intelligence, Volume 14], ''"Sandur – A Jewish Village"'', pg. 113. [[London Society for Promoting Christianity Among the Jews|London Society]], 1848. [University of Michigan, June 12, 2007.]</ref> By the first half of the 20th century, the village was entirely Jewish.<ref name=MZ>Mordechai Zaken. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DZ_bGJhOXxoC&pg=PA129&dq=sandur&hl=en&ei=v9FrTO-CBJSdOJyxzE8&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=sandur&f=false Jewish subjects and their tribal chieftains in Kurdistan: a study in survival], BRILL, 2007. pp. 129–132. ISBN 90-04-16190-2.</ref> All the village lands belonged to Jews who worked in the vineyards and orchards of pears, plums, pomegranates and apples.<ref name=MZ/>
