Nearby localities include Ayn al-Niser, Umm al-Amad and al-Mukharram to the east, and Talbiseh, al-Ghantu and Teir Maalah to the west.

[1] In the mid-19th century, the village of al-Mushrifah was built within the ancient site of Qatna (Tell al-Mishrifeh).

[2] Houses were built on top of the royal palace floors, which caused some damage to them while also providing a protective cover for the underlying ruins.

[4] In the 1950s, under the influence of the Syrian Communist Party, some of the peasants of al-Mushrifah rose against their landlord by seizing his harvest.

[5] In 1982, the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums resettled the inhabitants in a new village next to the ancient tell, making the site available for modern archaeological research.