An Ottoman village list of about 1870 counted a population of 416 Muslims in 77 houses, and 15 Christians in 6 houses. In total 432 persons in 83 houses, though the population count included men, only.Socin, 1879, p. 156 also noted it was located in the Beni Salim DistrictHartmann, 1883, p. 115, also noted 83 houses
