After being part of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, Daburiyya fell to Saladin in 1187 and a mosque, possibly built above an old Crusader tower, has an inscription above the entrance stating that it was built in AH 610 (1214 CE) by the Damascus-based Ayyubid ruler al-Mu'azzam 'Isa. What was interpreted as remains of a Crusader church could still be seen in the 18th century in the center of Daburiyya.