Ceramics from theByzantine era have been found here.[6]
Ottoman era
In 1838, in the lateOttoman era, it was noted as a village in ruins.[7][8]
In 1863Victor Guérin noted "important ruins" here. "There once stood a hamlet, the ruins of which are scattered over a feeble mound amid the bushes and tall grass."[9]
In the1945 statistics the village had a population of 300 Muslims[2] with a total of 5,604dunums of land.[3] Of this, 19 dunums were for plantations and irrigable land, 5,337 dunums were for cereals,[13] while a total of 248 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[14]
1948, aftermath
On 11 January 1948,Kfar Uriah was attacked by Arabs who came from neighboring Beit Jizand Khirbet Beit Far.[15]
In 1948, Beyt Pe'er was founded on village land, it later changed its name intoTal Shahar.[4][16]
In 1992 the village site was described: "All that is left of the village are debris and girders heaped together in a small area. The site is ringed by carob trees. The remains of an uprooted olive grove lies to the north and east."[4]
^abGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.67Archived 2018-09-06 at theWayback Machine
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.115
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.165Archived 2015-09-24 at theWayback Machine
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