The actors who played the soldiers who expelled the villagers in the TV drama "Khirbet Hiz'ah". From left to right: Amos Tal Shir | Khirbet Sharta | Khirbet Khizeh |
During the French Mandate period, Deir al-Bukht was the center of the 'Al al-Zubi clan which controlled a total of 16 villages in the Hauran, including Khirbet Ghazaleh and al-Musayfirah, and provided the local religious leadership of the Qadiriyya, Sufi Muslim order dating back to the 12th-century.