 In 1596, it was named as a village, "Nafs Tibnin", in the Ottoman "nahiya" (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the "liwa'" (district) of Safad, with a population of 148 households and 13 bachelors, all Muslim.The villagers paid a taxes on agricultural products, such as s wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 8,900 akçe.Between 1639 and 1649, Ali and Hussein 'al-Saghir' eliminated opposing Shiite families and established a single family rule over Hunin, Ma'raka, Qana, and Tibnine (commonly called Bilad Bishara = land of bishara).