 In 1596 the village appeared in the tax registers as "Magar Hazur", located in the "nahiya" of Tabariyya, part of Sanjak Safad with an entirely Muslim population consisting of 169 households and 17 bachelors.The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition on a press for olives or grapes, a total of 14,136 akçe.In 1838, "el Mughar" was noted as a Christian and Druze village in the "Esh-Shagur" district, located between Safad, Acca and Tiberias.