In 1517 , the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine .
Village appeared in the 1596 tax - records as Qabalan , located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus .
In 1517 , the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine , and it appeared in the 1596 tax - records as Qabalan , located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus .