incorporated into the ottoman empire in 1517 with all of palestine, mi'ar appeared in the 1596 tax registers as being in the akka nahiya (subdistrict of acre), part of the safad sanjak (district of safed). it had a population 10 muslim households, an estimated 55 persons. the villagers paid fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat and barley, fruit, goats and beehives; a total of 1,235 akçe.d