Original sentence: In 1745, Zahir al-Umar built  a fortress on the hilltop above Saffuriya
Edited sentence: Anna and a square tower, said to have been built in the mid-eighteenth century.In 1745, it is reported that Zahir al-Umar built  a fortress on the hilltop above Saffuriya.In the late nineteenth century, Saffuriyya was described as village built of stone and mud and situated along the slope of a hill.The village contained the remains of the Church of St.The village had an estimated 2,500 residents, who cultivated 150 faddans (1 faddan = 100-250 dunums), of this land they had planted olive trees