Khirbat Quttayna has been identified by some scholars as the Canaanite place Kartah.

[5] In the 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Khirbat Qumbaza as "a small hamlet on high ground".

[6] In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Khirbat Qumbaza was counted with Ijzim, Khirbat Al-Manara, Al-Mazar, Shaykh al-Burayk and al-Washahiyya.

[2] In July 1948, the IDF found hundreds of women, children and old people at Ijzim and nearby Khirbat Qumbaza.

[7] Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel, and according to Walid Khalidi, writing in 1992, some of the village's land was used by the Israeli army as military training ground, while the moshav of Kerem Maharal was close to the old village site.