the ottoman empire took over palestine for the second time in 1840.
the ottoman empire took over palestine for the second time in 1840.
when did the ottoman empire take over palestine for the second time?
1840
the economic effects of the treaty would not be immediately realized in ottoman markets. politically however, the treaty of balta limani had serious consequences on the outcome of the ottoman-syrian war. after signing the treaty with the english, the ottomans knew that the united kingdom was heavily invested the future of the ottoman empire. with the british on his side, sultan mahmud ii would no longer passively stand by while mehemet ali of egypt held ottoman territory in syria. in 1839, a year after the treaty of balta limani was signed, the ottoman empire declared war on egypt. on 29 june 1839 ibrahim pasha, the son of mehemet ali, defeated the ottoman army in the battle of nezib. this crushing defeat offered an opportunity for mehemet ali pasha to potentially take control of constantinople and essentially the entire ottoman empire. shortly after the defeat mahmud died leaving his 16-year-old heir abdülmecid in power. britain, russia, and austria all had a considerable stake in the ottoman empire, and so they quickly came to the aid of the young sultan, which led to the 1840 convention of london.
treaty of balta liman
in the first half of the 19th century, no foreigners were allowed to purchase land in palestine. this was official ottoman policy until 1856 and in practice until 1867. when it came to the national aspirations of the zionist movement, the ottoman empire opposed the idea of jewish self-rule in palestine, fearing it might lose control of palestine after recently having lost other territories to various european powers. it also took issue with the jews, as many came from russia, which sought the empire's demise. in 1881 the ottoman governmental administration (the sublime porte) decreed that foreign jews could immigrate to and settle anywhere within the ottoman empire, except in palestine and from 1882 until their defeat in 1918, the ottomans continuously restricted jewish immigration and land purchases in palestine. in 1882, jews were banned from their four holy cities and in 1891, after briefly allowing some jewish immigration three years earlier, the turkish rulers tried to again close the empire to russian jews. in 1892, the ottoman government decided to prohibit the sale of land in palestine to jews, even if they were ottoman citizens. nevertheless, during the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, many successful land purchases were made through organizations such as the palestine jewish colonization association (pjca), palestine land development company and the jewish national fund.
jewish land purchase in palestine