Jerusalem: A Bloody History of Seven Thousand Years

British General Sir Edmund Allenby was so fond of Jerusalem's sanctification that when he defeated the Ottoman forces and entered the city via Bab al-Khalil for occupation of Jerusalem, he set foot on a horse or a car instead. Prefer to walk.

The incident occurred on December 11, 1917, one hundred years ago.

British Prime Minister David Lloyd George wrote on the occasion that "after occupying the most famous city in the world, the Christian world has reclaimed the holy places."

Newspapers from all over the world celebrated this victory. The American New York Herald captioned: 'Britain has liberated Jerusalem after 673 years of power ... There has been a surge of great joy in the Christian world. '

A hundred years after the incident, US President Donald Trump announced that Jerusalem was Israel's capital, though countries around the world warned him that the announcement could spark a new wave of violence in the region.

Jerusalem has been crowned many times, its inhabitants have been forcibly deported many times, and countless wars have been fought in its streets in which blood rivers flow.

Holy city

It is the only city in the world that Jews, Christians and Muslims consider all three sacred. The Jews believe that this is where the universe originated, and this is where the Prophet Abraham prepared his son's sacrifice.

Christians believe that Jesus was crucified here and this is where his most holy church is located.

According to the belief of the Muslims, the Prophet Islam had prayed to all the prophets in the Aqsa Mosque in this city before going to Miraj.

That is why Muslims and Christians have been living together for a thousand years to occupy this city.

Crusades

The Muslims first defeated the Byzantines in 638 during the reign of the second Caliph Hazrat Omar. In the Christian world, this event was a great tragedy. Finally in 1095, Pope Urban II campaigned throughout Europe and appealed to Christians to gather troops to liberate Jerusalem from the Muslims. As a result, in 1099, a combined army of peoples, princes and kings succeeded in liberating Jerusalem.

It was the first crusade.

However, most soldiers soon returned to their homeland and eventually Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi succeeded in liberating the city 90 years later.

The unrest spread to Europe once again and four other Crusades were fought once, but they failed to oust Muslims from Jerusalem.

However, in 1229 the Mamluk ruler Al-Kamil handed over Jerusalem to Frederick II. But only 15 years later, Khorazmiya occupied the city once again, after which the city remained under Muslim control for the next 673 years.

From 1517 to 1917, the city was a part of the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Emperors paid close attention to the administration of the city. They built walls around the city, built roads and built a postal system, while in 1892 a railway line was laid here.

Israeli poet Judah Omahaei wrote, "Jerusalem is a coastal city on the shores of eternity." This can be estimated from this Jerusalem timeline:

5000 BC: According to archaeologists, there was a human population in Jerusalem seven thousand years ago. As such, it is one of the oldest cities in the world

1000 BC: Prophet David conquered the city and made it the capital of his kingdom

960 BCE: Prophet Solomon's son Prophet David builds a temple in Jerusalem called the Temple of Solomon

589 BCE: Bakht Nasr destroys the city and expels the Jews

539 BCE: Cyrus the Great, the ruler of Jerusalem, occupied Jerusalem and allowed Jews to return.

30 CE: Roman soldiers crucify Jesus Christ

638: Muslims occupy the city

691: The ruler of the Umayyad, Abdul Malik, built the Dome of the Rock

1099: The Crusaders take over the city

1187: Salahuddin Ayubi defeats the Crusaders and expels them from the city

1229: Frederick II acquires Jerusalem without a fight

1244: Occupation of Muslims again

1517: Sultan Salem Iurmed Jerusalem to the Ottoman Empire

1917: Englishman Allen B. enters the city after defeating the Ottomans

1947: The UN divides the city into Palestinian and Jewish parts

1948: The Declaration of Independence of Israel, the city is divided into Israel and Jordan

1967: Israeli occupation of both parts of the Arab War results