Nearby localities include al-Aqabah to the east, al-Bikai'a to the northeast, Salhab to the north, 'Aqqaba to the west and ath-Thaghra to the southwest.

Archaeological remains in the village include an Ancient Roman palace, an olive press, several grottoes and an old mosque.

[4] Pottery remains have been unearthed from the Middle Bronze Age, IA, early and late Roman period.

[7] Medieval Arab geographer al-Muqaddasi, writing in the late 10th century CE, referred to the village as "Ta'asir", describing it as a place equally far from Nablus and Beisan.

[4] In 1596 it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as "Tayasir", a village in the nahiya of Jabal Sami, part of the Nablus Sanjak, with a population of 39 households and 9 bachelors, all Muslim.

[15] In 1900 landlord Hassan Hamad bought the majority of Tayasir's lands due to the village residents' monetary debt to him.

Israel attempted to purchase the land following their occupation of the West Bank in 1967 but the Patriarchate refused too do so; in return they could not sell it to any of the residents of the village.

[23] In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Tayasir (called: Tiasir") had a population of 146, all Muslim.

Seven families make-up the majority of the village residents: Debik (17%), Abu Muhsen (15%), Wahdan (15%), Sbah (15%), Jabir (11%), Taleb (8%) and Abd al-Rasaq (7%).

Between 2002 and 2006, the average household income dropped by 60% largely due to measures implemented by Israel as a result of the Second Intifada which began in 2000.