In 1596 Hout appeared in the Ottomantax registers as Huta and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik as-Sadir in the Qada Hauran. It had an all Muslim population consisting of 5 households and 2 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a for a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,180 akçe.[2]
In 1838 Hut was noted as a "ruin or deserted", located in the Nukrah, south of Busrah.[3]