 In the 1945 statistics, the population of Khirbat el Misbah was 600, all Muslims, who owned 4,438 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.1,026 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,133 used for cereals, while 25 dunams were built-up (urban) land.In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kharbatha al-Misbah came under Jordanian rule.