In 1596, it was named as a village, Majadil, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 54 households, all Muslim.

The villagers paid taxes on agricultural products, such as goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed sum; a total of 6,450 akçe.

[2][3] In 1875, Victor Guérin noted: "Here are seen at this day several great wine-presses, each composed of two compartments cut in the rock.

There are several broken sarcophagi, and especially a great piece of rock cut as to form a double sarcophagus, the sides of which are sculptured carefully, and ornamented with garlands, discs, trees, rose-work, and a beautiful garland supported in the centre by little columns.

There are cisterns and two tanks, one square and the other circular, probably the work of the most ancient people who came to live in this place.