History
Many ancient remains have been excavated at Kafr Yasif, including mosaic floors, Corinthian columns, and cisterns cut in rock. Kafr Yasif appears in the writings of the Roman Jewish historian Josephus Flavius. It was inhabited during the Crusader-era of rule in Palestine by Christians and paid tithes to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was described as part of the domain of the Crusaders during the hudna ("truce") between the Crusaders based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan al-Mansur Qalawun in 1283.
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