 In 1875, the French explorer Victor Guérin visited and described Majd al-Krum as being divided into three quarters, each with a different sheikh.The total population was 800 Muslims, while in 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's "Survey of Western Palestine" described it as a village built of stone and surrounded by olive trees and arable land, inhabited by 600–800 Muslims.A population list from about 1887 showed that Majd al-Krum had 1,075 inhabitants, all Muslims.