Ma'dhar was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and by 1596, it was a village under the administration of the "nahiya" ("subdistrict") of Tiberias, part of Safad Sanjak. The village had a population of 17 households, an estimated 94 inhabitants, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, goats, beehives and orchards; a total of 2,000 Akçe. A map from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as "Chara," but misplaced.