Deir Nidham

In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Dayr an-Nidam, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Quds of the Liwa of Al-Quds. The population was 4 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, which included wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards and fruit trees, goats and beehives in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 1200 akçe.[5] Sherds from the early Ottoman era has also been found here.[4]

In 1863 Victor Guérin visited and described it as being half ruined and inhabited only by a hundred fellahins. Several cisterns, partially filled, and a number of antique stones, scattered on the ground or reused, proved to him that it had succeeded a former locality.[6] An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that the village had a population of 59, in a total of 17 houses, though the population count included men, only.[7][8]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small hamlet on a high point, with olives round it. It is just above the ruins of Tibneh, and water is obtained from the 'Ain Tibneh."[9]

In 1896 the population of Der en-nizam was estimated to be about 147 persons.[10]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Deir Nidham (Dair Inzam) had a population of 106 Muslims.[11] increasing in the 1931 census when Deir Nizam had 166 Muslims in 34 houses.[12]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 190 Muslims,[13] while the total land area was 1,938 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[14] Of this, 514 were plantations and irrigable land, 483 for cereals,[15] while 31 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[16]

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

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 267 inhabitants.[17]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir Nidham has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 216.[18]

After the 1995 accords, 4.7% of village land is defined as Area B land, while the remaining 95.3 is defined as Area C. In 1997 Israel confiscated 604 dunums of village land for the Israeli settlement of Halamish.[19]

A secondary school exists in Deir Nidham and high school students are educated at a nearby village. Most university students attend Birzeit University or the al-Quds Open University. The electricity network in the village is affiliated with that of Jerusalem, while its water network is managed by the Palestinian National Authority.[20] A village council of seven members was established in 2005 to govern the village.[21]