 In 1596, the Tibnah ("Tibya") site was listed as village in the "nahiya" "Quds", in the administrative district "Liwā`" of Jerusalem, in a tax ledger of the "countries of Syria" ("wilāyat aš-Šām") and which lands were then under Ottoman rule.During that year, Tibna was inhabited by 20 family heads, all Muslim, although the same village ceased to be inhabited in the late mandatory period.The Ottoman authority levied a 33.3% taxation on agricultural products produced by the villagers (primarily on wheat, barley, and olives), besides a marriage tax and supplement tax on goats and beehives.