jan 1, 1517 - Jerusalem controlled by Ottomans

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Suleiman the Magnificent, head of the Ottoman Empire conquered Jerusalem in 1517. It remained in Ottoman control 400 years until 1917


After 1517, walls and gates, which had lain in ruins since the Ayyubid period, were rebuilt. The ancient aqueduct was reactivated and public drinking fountains were installed. After Suleiman's death, however, cultural and economic stagnation set in, Jerusalem again became a small, unimportant town. For the next 300 years its population barely increased, while trade and commerce were frozen; Jerusalem became a backwater.
-- http://www.theottomans.org/English/art_culture/arc_turkey.asp

Battle of Ridaniya 1517
The Ottoman forces of Selim I defeated the Mamluk forces under Al-Ashraf Tuman bay II

"...the battle of Raydaniyah... Selim now became the master of all the lands that had been ruled by the Mamluks. One of those lands was Israel, and one of those cities was Jerusalem".
-- -- Chan,J. The Oracle (2019), pg55

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