Ottoman era

Yasid, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami which was under the administration of the liwa ("district") of Nablus. The village had a population of 47 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, beehives and/or goats, in addition to occasional revenues and a tax on Muslims in the Nablus area; a total of 7,340 akçe.^[9]

In 1838, Yasid was located in the Haritheh District, north of Nablus.^[10]

In 1882, in the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP), Yasid was described as "A village of moderate size on a knoll, with a few trees."^[11]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Yasid had a population of 308 Muslims,^[12] increasing in the 1931 census to 372; 369 Muslims and 3 Christians, in 67 houses.^[13]

In the 1945 statistics, Yasid had a population of 480 Muslims^[14] while the total land area was 9,222 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.^[15] Of this, 860 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 4,040 for cereals,^[16] while 43 dunams were classified as built-up areas.^[17]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Yasid came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population was 714.^[18]

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Yasid has been under Israeli occupation, and the same year the population was recorded as 816.^[19]

After the 1995 accords, all of the land in Yasid is classified as Area A land.^[20]

Local origins

The residents of Yasid have their origins in Shefa-Amr.^[21]