Western travellers, like Edward Robinson, have suggested that Qaryut might be identical to ancient Coreae.[6][7][8]
Röhricht suggested that Qaryut is identical with Kariateri, a place mentioned in Crusader texts.[9]
It has been noted that: "This place, being at the head of Wady Fusail, seems to have given rise to the mediaeval identification of that valley as the Brook Cherith (mentioned by Marino Sanuto in 1321)."[8]
Ottoman period
Potsherds from the early Ottoman era have been found here.[5]
In 1838, Kuriyet was noted as being located in El-Beitawy district, east of Nablus.[10][6]
In 1870, Victor Guérin noted: "This village is divided into two distinct districts, each under the jurisdiction of a particular Sheikh. Its population is seven hundred and fifty inhabitants. In the gardens around it grow fig trees, pomegranates and vines. Several old rock formations are currently dry, and women are forced to fetch water as far as Ain Siloun. In two houses, I notice some blocks with boss cut." Guérin also identified Qaryut with ancient Coreae.[11]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted that Kuriyut was: "a small village, on the top of a high chain, with a spring between it and the ruin of Seilun (Shiloh)."[8]
In the 1945 statistics Qaryut had a population of 930, all Muslims,[14] with 7,491 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[15] Of this, 2,611 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,803 were used for cereals,[16] while 63 dunams were built-up land.[17]
^ abGrossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 356
