ABWEIN’S CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT

The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as being in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Quds, part of the liwa (district) of Quds. It had a population of 53 households, all Muslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on wheat, barley,olive trees,vineyards,fruit trees,goats and/or beehives; a total of 8,750 akçe. All of the revenue went to a Waqf

In 1838 it was noted as a Muslim village in the Bani Zeid administrative region.

In 1870 Victor Guérin visited the village,which he called"A'youein",and estimated it to have about 300 inhabitants. He described it as having abundant water-sources, beautiful walnut trees, and gardens with figs, olives and pomegranates.[11] An Ottoman village list of about the same year, 1870, showed that Abwein had 158 houses and a population of 429, though the population count included men only.

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Abwein as a village situated on the slope of a hill,with a well to the south,and olive trees on its lower north side.

In 1896 the population ofAbwein was estimated to be about 933 persons.