the mosque of zahir al-umar is situated in the centre of the old village. in 1933 it was inspected by na'im makhouly from the palestine antiquities museum, who found that the mosque dated from the time of zahir al-umar. in 1933 the mosque was in disrepair. pictures from the time show two arcades: one had four arches connected with the side wall, with two columns in the centre. a reused ionic capital could be seen, and above the doorway was a reused roman lintel (first noticed by guérin in the 1870s).