 They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, and goats or beehives; a total of 15,454 akçe.Half of the revenue went to a Waqf.In 1838 it was noted as a village "el-Lubban", part of the "Jurat Merda" district, south of Nablus.