 In 1596 Khabab appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as "Habab" and was part of the "nahiya" (subdistrict) of Bani Kilab in the Hauran Sanjak.It had a Muslim population consisting of 45 households and 30 bachelors, and a Christian population consisting of 3 households and 2 bachelors.The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; a total of 12,800 akçe.