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== Ottoman Empire Colonization (1516-1832) == | == Ottoman Empire Colonization (1516-1832) == | ||
The | The Ottoman Turks captured Mamluk Palestine and Syria in 1516. Ottoman rule of the country lasted without interruption for three centuries, until its conquest by Muhammad Ali's Egypt in 1832. Eight years later, the United Kingdom intervened and returned control to the Ottomans in return for extraterritorial rights for Europeans living in Palestine.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "History of Palestine," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine, accessed 9 September 2019.</ref> | ||
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|[[Ottoman Empire Census|Census & population registers]] | |[[Ottoman Empire Census|Census & population registers]] | ||
| [[Turkish Genealogical Word List|Ottoman Turkish]] | | [[Turkish Genealogical Word List|Ottoman Turkish]] | ||
|These [[Ottoman Empire Census|Ottoman census registers]] were taken in 10 districts in what is now [[Palestine Genealogy|Palestine]]/[[Israel Genealogy|Israel]], [[Egypt Genealogy|Egypt]], and [[Jordan Genealogy|Jordan]], and many individuals recorded in the registers were born elsewhere in the [[Asia and Middle East|Middle East]]. | |These [[Ottoman Empire Census|Ottoman census registers]] were taken in 10 districts in what is now [[State of Palestine Genealogy|Palestine]]/[[Israel Genealogy|Israel]], [[Egypt Genealogy|Egypt]], and [[Jordan Genealogy|Jordan]], and many individuals recorded in the registers were born elsewhere in the [[Asia and Middle East|Middle East]]. | ||
For more information, see [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34209?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch Catalog], [[Palestine Census]],[[Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records|Palestine, Ottoman Census and | For more information, see [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/34209?availability=Family%20History%20Library FamilySearch Catalog], [[State of Palestine Census]], and [[Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records|Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers]]. | ||
Names are currently searchable only in [[Arabic Genealogical Word List|Arabic]] and dates are displayed using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi_calendar Ottoman Rumi calendar]. The Turkish website [https://ttk.gov.tr/tarih-cevirme-kilavuzu/ Türk Tarih Kurumu] can be used to convert dates from the Rumi to the Gregorian calendar. | Names are currently searchable only in [[Arabic Genealogical Word List|Arabic]] and dates are displayed using the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi_calendar Ottoman Rumi calendar]. The Turkish website [https://ttk.gov.tr/tarih-cevirme-kilavuzu/ Türk Tarih Kurumu] can be used to convert dates from the Rumi to the Gregorian calendar. | ||
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== British Colonization 1917-1948) == | == British Colonization 1917-1948) == | ||
The Balfour Declaration of 1917, which the British government issued during World War I, declared that Great Britain favored the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. The British captured Jerusalem from the Ottomans a month later. Britain was granted a Mandate for Palestine on 25 April 1920 at the San Remo Conference, with the League of Nations formally adopting the Mandate in 1922. After the Nazi Holocaust, pressure grew for the international recognition of a Jewish state in Palestine, and in 1947 the British Government announced its intention to terminate the Mandate.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "History of Palestine," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine, accessed 9 September 2019.</ref> | |||
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Ottoman Empire Colonization (1516-1832)[edit | edit source]
The Ottoman Turks captured Mamluk Palestine and Syria in 1516. Ottoman rule of the country lasted without interruption for three centuries, until its conquest by Muhammad Ali's Egypt in 1832. Eight years later, the United Kingdom intervened and returned control to the Ottomans in return for extraterritorial rights for Europeans living in Palestine.[1]
| Record collection | Years covered | Record type | Language | Who is in the records |
| Nüfus Registers | 1883-1917 | Census & population registers | Ottoman Turkish | These Ottoman census registers were taken in 10 districts in what is now Palestine/Israel, Egypt, and Jordan, and many individuals recorded in the registers were born elsewhere in the Middle East.
For more information, see FamilySearch Catalog, State of Palestine Census, and Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers. Names are currently searchable only in Arabic and dates are displayed using the Ottoman Rumi calendar. The Turkish website Türk Tarih Kurumu can be used to convert dates from the Rumi to the Gregorian calendar. |
British Colonization 1917-1948)[edit | edit source]
The Balfour Declaration of 1917, which the British government issued during World War I, declared that Great Britain favored the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. The British captured Jerusalem from the Ottomans a month later. Britain was granted a Mandate for Palestine on 25 April 1920 at the San Remo Conference, with the League of Nations formally adopting the Mandate in 1922. After the Nazi Holocaust, pressure grew for the international recognition of a Jewish state in Palestine, and in 1947 the British Government announced its intention to terminate the Mandate.[2]
| Record collection | Years covered | Record type | Language | Who is in the records |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "History of Palestine," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine, accessed 9 September 2019.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "History of Palestine," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Palestine, accessed 9 September 2019.