It was located 31 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Safad on the Banyas River, to the south of what is now Dafna.

He comments that the area had a large permanent population, the Ghawaraneh tribe, living in tents.

[5] In January 1869 canoeing pioneer John MacGregor spent the night beside the village corn-mill.

[6] As the MacGregor party, with his canoe on the back of a mule, approached Al-Mansura they met a procession celebrating the end of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr.

MacGregor commented that most of the men had tattoos or scars on their faces as well as ear and nose rings.

"Their dress was the most various possible, long and short, coloured and plain, scanty and ample, of camel´s hair from Damascus, silk from Lebanon and Manchester cotton.