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Events

Event
Establishment of European and American Consulates in Jerusalem
1838 - 1862
Event
International Intervention against Egyptian Rule in the Levant
1839 - 1841
Event
The Tanzimat Are Issued
18 February 1856
Event
Law Granting Foreigners the Right to Own Real Estate in the Ottoman Empire., 7 Safar 1284
10 June 1867
Event
Ottoman Education Law Is Passed
20 September 1869
Event
Jerusalem Area Designated as a Sanjaq
July 1872
Event
Sultan Abd al-Hamid II and the Ottoman Constitution
31 August 1876 - 19 December 1876
Event
Jewish Nationalism in Eastern Europe
1881 - 1884
Event
The Ottoman Government Sets Out Principles Governing Jewish Immigration to the Empire
24 November 1881
Event
France and the Ottoman Empire Sign the Mytilene Agreements
2 November 1901 - 10 November 1901
Event
Publication of The Awakening of the Arab Nation in Asiatic Turkey by Najib Azoury
January 1905
Event
Ottoman-Egyptian Separating Line Agreement
1 October 1906
Event
Young Turk Revolution
23 July 1908
Event
Establishment of the Arab-Ottoman Brotherhood Society in Istanbul
2 September 1908 - April 1909
Event
Elections Held for Third Ottoman Parliament; Five Representatives from Regions in Palestine
17 December 1908 - 17 January 1912
Event
Establishment of the Qahtani Society in Istanbul
1909
Event
Zionist Attempt to Buy 1.5 Million Dunams in the Jordan Valley
March 1909 - July 1909
Event
Palestinian Members of the Ottoman Parliament Express Opposition to Zionist Objectives
June 1909 - 2 November 1909
Event
Enactment of the Ottoman Associations Law
16 August 1909
Event
Formation of the Ottoman Party for Administrative Decentralization in Cairo
December 1912
Event
The Arab Congress Meets in Paris
17 June 1913 - 24 June 1913
Event
World War I, the Ottomans Enter the War
1 August 1914 - February 1915
Event
The Sykes-Picot Agreement Defines the British and French Spheres of Influence over the Ottoman Arab Provinces
23 November 1915 - 16 May 1916
Event
The Fourteen Points of US President Woodrow Wilson
8 January 1918
Event
General Allenby Issues Guidelines for the Military Occupation of the Levant
23 October 1918
Event
Appointment of the King-Crane Commission
20 March 1919 - 21 July 1919
Event
The Mandate System: Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant
10 January 1920
Event
Palestine Civil Government and Appointment of Herbert Samuel as High Commisioner
1 July 1920
Event
Treaty of Lausanne Is Signed with Ataturk's Turkey
24 July 1923
Event
French-Palestinian Agreement on Status of French Institutions Under Palestinian Authority
12 December 1997 - 18 December 1997

Biographies

Biography
Nakhla Zurayq
1859 - 21 July 1921
Biography
Ali al-Rimawi
1860 - 1919
Biography
As‘ad al-Shuqairi
1860 - February 1940
Biography
Muhammad Ruhi al-Khalidi
1864 - 6 August 1913
Biography
Jurji Habib Hanania
1864 - 1920
Biography
Freih Abu Middein
1871 - 1955
Biography
Isa al-Isa
1878 - 29 June 1950
Biography
Abd al-Qadir Muzaffar
1880 - 1949
Biography
Raghib al-Nashashibi
1882 - 1951
Biography
Tawfiq Canaan
24 September 1882 - 15 January 1964
Biography
Muhammad Izzat Darwaza
21 June 1887 - 26 July 1984
Biography
Rafiq al-Tamimi
1889 - 1957
Biography
George Antonius
1891 - 1942
Biography
Sophie Halaby
26 June 1905 - 21 May 1997
Biography
Qadri Tuqan
1910 - 26 February 1971
Biography
Emile Touma
16 March 1919 - 27 August 1985
Biography
Kamal Boullata
1942 - 6 August 2019

Historical Media

Document
Ottoman Empire - Administrative Division
1899

Historical Texts

Document
Letter from Theodore Herzl to Yusuf Diya-uddin al-Khalidi
19 March 1899
Document
Sykes-Picot Agreement
16 May 1916
Document
Recommendations of the King-Crane Commission
28 August 1919
Document
The Covenant of the League of Nations: Article 22
10 January 1920
Document
Palin Commission Report
1 July 1920
Document
League of Nations - Mandate for Palestine
24 July 1922
Document
The Palestine Order in Council (Palestine Constitution)
10 August 1922
Document
Peel Commission Report
July 1937
Document
Pact of the League of Arab States
22 March 1945
Document
UNGA Partition Plan
29 November 1947
Document
Statement by the Governments of the Arab League States on their Military Intervention in Palestine
15 May 1948
Document
Statement by the States, Members of the Arab League, on the Entry of Their Armies in Palestine
15 May 1948

Highlights

Highlight
Architecture and Urban Planning in Palestine
Caught Between Domination, Devastation and Mismanagement
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Preservation of Heritage in Palestine
A Rising Awareness of an Imperiled Treasure
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Palestinian Visual Arts (III)
Explorers (1965-1995)
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Palestine Police During the British Mandate
Law Enforcement in Service of Zionist Goals
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Colonization and Dispossession
Zionism's Imagined Geography
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World Zionist Organization
Setting the Stage for a Jewish State in Palestine
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Olive Oil Production in the Late Ottoman Rule
Embracing New Technology within a Deeply Rooted Tradition
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France and the Palestine Question before 1948
Competition with the British, North African Considerations, Lukewarm Support for Zionism
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The Palestine Exploration Fund
Philanthropy, Exploration and Imperial Scheming
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The Palestinians in Chile
A Large Community, Fully Chilean, Fully Engaged for Palestine
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II. British Occupation and Early Mandate
1917-1936
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I. Ottoman Rule
1516-1917
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The King-Crane Commission of 1919
Setting a Pattern of Futile 'Peace' Initiatives
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Palestinian Visual Arts (I)
Beginners (1795-1955)
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Ottoman Territorial Reorganization, 1840-1917
Preliminary Sketches of Mandate Palestine's Boundaries
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Balfour Declaration, 2 November 1917
Promising Palestine Away
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Palestine-Lebanon Border
A Line Drawn with the Stroke of Foreign Pens
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The Palestinians in Peru
A Small, Dynamic Community with a 140-Year History
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Criminal Law in Mandate Palestine
A Repressive System with a Long-Lasting Impact
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Nahr el-Bared Refugee Camp
Lebanon
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Turkey and the Palestine Question
Torn between a Pro-Western Stance, Regional Considerations and Identity
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Public Contracts during the Mandate
Colonial Deals in Favor of Zionist Goals
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The Algerians of Palestine
1830-1948
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The Bosnians of Palestine
1881-present
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Palestine-Egypt Border
A Line Imposed by the British on the Ottomans
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The Palestine Radio, 1936-1948
The Contradictory Effects of a Government-Run Station

Periods

Period
I. Ottoman Rule