British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Umm al-Shuf had a population of 252 Muslims,^[8] increasing in the 1931 census to 353 Muslims, in a total of 73 houses.^[9]

In 1945, it had a population of 480 Muslim inhabitants,^[4] with 7,426 dunams of land.^[3] Of this, 107 dunums of land were for plantations and irrigable land, 6,175 for cereals,^[10] while 31 dunams were classified as built-up land.^[11]

• Umm ash Shauf 1942 1:20,000
• Umm ash Shauf 1945 1:250,000

1948 and aftermath

Umm ash Shauf became depopulated after an assault from IZL troops in early May, 1948.^[12]

IZL troops searched some refugees from Umm ash Shauf, and found one pistol and one rifle. They took seven young men from the refugees aside, and when none of them admitted to owning the weapons, they were all executed.^[13]

Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel and the moshav of Givat Nili was founded in 1953 on the village's land, south of the village site.^[5]

In 1992 the village site was described: "Piles of stone debris from the houses are scattered about the site, which is overgrown with cactuses, thorns, and bushes. The shrine of Shaykh 'Abd Allah still stands."^[5]