During the Crusader era in Palestine it was known as Cafresi, Cafriasif,Pringle, 1997, p. 119 or Cafriasim.Conder, 1890, p. 31 In 1193 Queen Isabella I and her spouse Henry of Champagne granted the casale of Kafr Yasif to prior Heinrich of the Teutonic Knights.Strehlke, 1869, p. 25, No. 29; Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. 190, No. 710; Cited in Pringle, 2009, p. 132 In the 13th century it was inhabited by Christians and paid tithes to the Bishop of Acre.Ellenblum, 2003, p. 149 In 1257 Kafr Yasif appears in a document relating to a disagreement between the Bishop of Acre and the Teutonic Knights about its income.Strehlke, 1869, pp. 91–94, No. 112; Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. 331, No. 1260; Cited in Ellenblum, 2003, p. 146
