 In 938/9 a sanctuary was constructed in Al-Khayriyya, on the orders of the Qadi of Damascus.During the Crusader era it was known as "Bombrac", mentioned in 1191 in the Itinerarium Regis Ricardi of King Richard I of England.In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596 the village, called "Hayriyya," appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as being in the "nahiya" of Ramla ("liwa´" of Gaza), with a population of 28 Muslim households, an estimated 154 persons.