 More people moved to Lajjun during the British mandate period , particularly in the late thirties , due to the British crackdown on participants in the 1936 – 1939 Arab revolt in Palestine . The tomb of Yusuf Hamdan , a local leader of the revolt , is located in the village . Lajjun 's economy grew rapidly as a result of the influx of the additional population . As the village expanded , it was divided into three quarters , one to the east , one to the west , and another known as Khirbat al @-@ Khan . Each quarter was inhabited by one or more <unk> ( " clans " ) ; the al @-@ Mahajina al @-@ <unk> and al @-@ <unk> clans , the al @-@ <unk> and al @-@ Mahamid clans , and the al @-@ Mahajina al @-@ <unk> clan . 
