History
Yaqut al-Hamawi noted about Saris in the 1220s that it was "a village of the district round Jerusalem. It lies half-way between Jerusalem and Ar Ramlah, and 4 hours from either place".
During Ottoman rule in Palestine, in 1596, Saris was a village in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Jerusalem under the liwa' (district) of Jerusalem and it had a population of 292. The villagers paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, olives fruit and carob, as well as on goats, beehives and vineyards.
In the late 19th century, Saris was described as being located on top of a hill, with olive trees growing below the village.
In 1944/45 its population was 560, with 3,677 dunums (over 900 acres) used for cereals and 366 dunums (≈90 acres) of orchards and irregated land.
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