 During the 1860 civil war in Lebanon, Muslims and Druzes attacked the Christian village.In 1881, the PEF's "Survey of Western Palestine" described the village as being built of stone, surrounded by gardens, olive trees and vineyards, with a population of between 300 and 500.A population list from about 1887 showed "Kefr Bir’im" to have about 1,285 inhabitants, all Christian.