In 1596, Al-Karak appeared in the Ottomantax registers as Karak al-Bataniyya'; part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 45 households and 71 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (10800 akçe), barley (1800), summer crops (4200), goats and beehives (1700), in addition to "occasional revenues"(1500); a total of 20,000 akçe. 5/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.[2]
In 1838, it was noted as a Sunni Muslim village, situated "In the Nukrah, South of Eshmiskin".[3]
