Ceramics from the
Byzantine era have been found here.[6]
Ottoman era
In 1838, in the late
Ottoman era, it was noted as a village in ruins.[7][8]
In 1863
Victor 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 1882, the
PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here: "Walls and foundations, apparently modern, with caves and a spring."[10]
In the
1945 statistics the village had a population of 300 Muslims[2] with a total of 5,604
dunums 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 Jiz
and Khirbet Beit Far.[15]
In 1948, Beyt Pe'er was founded on village land, it later changed its name into
Tal 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]