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> | 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> |