In 1596 the village appeared under the name of "Timri" in the Ottoman tax registers as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Nasiyya in the Qadaa of Hauran.
They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; the taxes totaled 16,000 akçe.
[2] In 1838 'Ira was reported to be populated with Druze and Greek Orthodox Christians.
This marked the consolidation of Bani al-Atrash supremacy in Jabal Hauran over the Al Hamdan.
The village was attacked by Ruwala tribesmen in 1893 during hostilities between the Bani al-Atrash and the Ottomans.