[2] In 1596 Abdin appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Jawlan Sharqi in the Qada of Hauran.

[3] Beginning in 1847, waves of Algerians, particularly those associated with the anti-colonial leader Abdelkader al-Djezairi, escaping persecution, war or hardships under French rule in their country arrived in Ottoman Syria.

During this first wave (1847–1860), many of the Algerian immigrants were allocated lands by the Ottoman authorities in the Hauran plain and Jabal Ajlun hills.

[6] The sheikh of Abdin had an ancient basaltic block inscribed in Greek in the grounds of his home.

[7] In the village's vicinity was a ruined mosque, which Schumacher called Jami' Abdin, abutted by a square tower measuring about 12 feet (3.7 m) high and well-built of basaltic blocks.