Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem

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The Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem was a special administrative district of the late Ottoman Empire centered on Jerusalem, directly governed from Istanbul due to its religious and strategic importance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman administrative division
mutasarrifate
alsoKnownAs Kudüs-i Şerif Mutasarrıflığı
Sanjak of Jerusalem (in some sources)
appliesToPart Beersheba
Gaza
linked to: Gaza Strip

Hebron
Jaffa
Jerusalem
capital Jerusalem
commonLanguage Arabic
containsReligiousSite Al-Aqsa Mosque
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Western Wall
country Ottoman Empire
demographics mixed Muslim, Christian and Jewish population
directlySubjectTo Istanbul
Sublime Porte
linked to: Ottoman chancery
dissolutionCause British conquest of Jerusalem in 1917
endTime 1917
establishedBy Ottoman central government
followedBy British military administration in Palestine
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration
governmentType Ottoman provincial administration
hasBorderWith Egypt
Kaza of Maʿan
Mutasarrifate of Mount Lebanon
Sanjak of Acre
Sanjak of Nablus
headOfGovernmentTitle mutasarrif
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Greater Syria
Ottoman Syria
locatedOn Eastern Mediterranean
Levant
linked to: Levant region
officialLanguage Ottoman Turkish
partOf Ottoman Empire
partOfPresentDay Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
linked to: Jordan (country)

State of Israel
linked to: Israel

State of Palestine
precededBy Ottoman Sanjak of Jerusalem
reasonForSpecialStatus religious importance
strategic importance
religion Christianity
Islam
Judaism
significantEvent Ottoman administrative reforms
World War I
startTime 1872
timeZone Eastern European Time (historical approximation)

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Ottoman Palestine includesAdministrativeUnit Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem precededBy Ottoman Sanjak of Jerusalem
linked to: Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem alsoKnownAs Sanjak of Jerusalem (in some sources)
linked to: Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
Occupied Enemy Territory South precededBy Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
Lydda partOf Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem