al-ruways stood on the site of the crusader town of careblier, which was also referred to by the crusaders as "roeis". in 1220, beatrix de courtenay and her husband count otto von botenlauben, henneberg, sold their land, including roeis’, to the teutonic knights. however, they appeared not to have sole ownership, as in 1253 john aleman, lord of caesarea, sold several villages, including roeis, to the knights hospitaller. in 1266, a crusader vanguard returning from a raid in tiberias to acre was ambushed at roeis by mamluk forces based in safad. in 1283 it was mentioned as part of the domain of the crusaders in the "hudna" (truce) between the acre-based crusaders and the mamluk sultan al-mansur qalawun.