The Historical Position of The Sultan Abdul Hamid II Of Palestine

Abstract

The Ottoman rule on Palestine extended for four decades, and since the victory of Ottomans over Mamluks in Mark Dabiq battle in 24 August 1516. During the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, Jews spent a lot of efforts to convince the Sultan to give up ruling Palestine. Even though the Ottoman state was facing difficult economic situations and was struggling to solve the problem of foreign debts, the Sultan refused all the Jew’s proposals. The Jews took advantage of those adverse conditions to convince the Sultan to sell the land of the Muslims in return for financial temptations that could help the Ottoman state pay its debts. But the Sultan stood firm and refused all those offers and did not give a single inch of land to the Jews. In addition to that he resisted the migrations of Jews to Palestine, and because of the strong opposition of Sultan, Jews had begun plotting to remove him from the throne in order to implement their plans. In the end they succeeded to remove the Sultan and this situation lead to the collapse of the Islamic Caliphate which was achieved through cooperation and planning with colonial powers at that time, who had common interests with the Jews in Palestine. The Jews was able in the end to establish a homeland for Jewish people on the land of Muslim people in Palestine.