PALESTINE IN OTTOMAN TIME Osmanlı Filistini [Muhteşem Resimlerle] الدولة العثمانيه

Old Pictures and Illustrations from Ottoman Palestine
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A PEACE COUNTRY: OTTOMAN PALESTINE (1516-1917)

Ottoman Sultan Selim captured peacefully Jerusalem on 28 December 1516 from Mamluks, and they possessed the Holy City until 9 December 1917 more than 400 years. Palestine was a peace country during this ages.. Muslims, Jews, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Catholics, Assyrians, Coptics, Russian Orthodox, Protestants, Samaritans and Latins lived in peace together in this holy lands under the Muslim Rule.

Ottomans built the Walls and Citadel of Jerusalem and they decorated the Muslim holy Aqsa Mosque and the Qubbat as-Sakhra (Dome of the Rock) with tiles. The Mawlawi and Naqshibandi dervishes from Turkey and Central Asia built their lodges. These are all visible proof that there was a Ottoman Jerusalem.

Famous Turkish world traveller Evliya Çelebi describes this event as follows:

"All the Ulama and pious men went out to meet Selim Shah. They handed him the keys of the Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. He then made presents to all the notable people, exempted them from the onerous taxes and confirmed them Sultan Selim prostrated himself and exclaimed "Alhamdulillah I am the possessor of the first Qiblah".

This cry of Selim the possessor of the first Qiblah (praying direction) is characteristic of the relation between the Turkish Sultans and Jerusalem. Jerusalem was a holy city for all, and therefore the people were exempted from taxes and received subventions (Surra) from Istanbul every year. The Ottoman Sultan was servant of the holy places of Mecca and Medina and also of the 3rd Haram and the first Qiblah (Jerusalem).

The relation between the High Porte (as Istanbul was called) and Jerusalem was also important because Jerusalem was not only a Holy city for the Muslims (like Mecca and Medina) but it was also the Holy city of Christians and Jews. This multi-Holiness made otherwise strategically unimportant city very important for Turkish Rulers.

Despite this importance only one Ottoman Sultan, Sultan Selim visited Jerusalem. But this was not uncommon. Because of power balances Sultans could not leave the capital. Even Sultan Selim did not visit the other two holy cities of Mecca and Medina. So it was only Jerusalem that was honoured with a Royal Visit of Turkish Sultan.

The First and only royal visit after Sultan Selim was by a Westerner and that was Kaiser Wilhelm II from Germany who visited it in 1898.

Until 9 December 1917 for more 400 years the city and Palestine lived peacefully under Pax Ottomana. Despite this 400 year long rule of Turks in Jerusalem there are not many visible Turkish Architectural Works. No slender minarets or Royal Mosque as in Balkans was build. The reason for this was respect for the local traditions and because there was a congregational Mosque of Masjid el-Aqsa. No other Mosque could be built that could surpass the holy shrine. Never the less, the City of Jerusalem has still a visible Turkish Presence.

One of the best methods to mark a ruler's sovereignty over a city is by putting inscription on places where people gather. Inscription is a visible stamp of the ruler. There are also many inscriptions in the city's strategic and prominent places.

Preservation of old City of Jerusalem as it survives today is the work of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent as called by Westerners and Kanuni by Turks. He undertook great infrastructural works to make the city more secure. Most important of his works is the rebuilding of the walls of the city.

In later times Sultan Abdülhamid II was active in modernizing the Arab provinces and trying to integrate the holy cities to the capital Istanbul; by building railways, and telegraph lines. His 25th year of accession was overall celebrated with building of clock towers in Ottoman Cities.

The British demolished the Jerusalem Clock tower and sabil in 1922. In 9 December 1917 Turkish Army withdraw from the city which became a scene of change, violence, war and struggle that it never had seen in the thousand years before.

When one nowadays walks in the streets of Jerusalem one can hear the voice of the city desiring for the peaceful times of Pax Ottomana.

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[khalid6722]

Im palestinian from jenin, And proud of the ottoman empire,There are ///No difference between arabs or turks , palestinian have big respect and appreciation to the turkish people and their history , With all respect & love

[dodonewlife]

this is an art work

Great work

Thank you very much



[NizarMuhammedRayyan]

@khalid6722 Yes Khalid. I am from Turkey, I am Turk but we are only muslim according to the Quran. We are descendants of the Ottomans.

[sanninlover]

so beautiful !

[alwanalwan1]

very nice thanQQQ :)

[A2Kaid]

Nice video.