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Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem

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Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem
1874–1918
Flag of Southern Syria
Territories included in Syrian provinces around 1900
Territories included in Syrian provinces around 1900
StatusTerritory of the Ottoman Empire
CapitalJerusalem
Common languagesOttoman Turkish, Syrian Arabic
History 
• Established
1874
• Invasion by Muhammad Ali of Egypt
1831
1918
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Syria Vilayet
Mandatory Palestine
Today part of Israel
 Palestinian Authority

In 1874, Jerusalem became a Mutasarrifate (or Mutesarrifiyyet), gaining a special administrative status. The administrative area was previously functioning as a Sanjak, within the Syria Vilayet (created in 1864, following the Tanzimat reforms).

Together with the Sanjaks of Nablus and Acre, the area was related during the period as Southern Syria, later conquered by the British and transformed to be part of the Mandatory Palestine

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