My grandfather's immigration paper shows his birthplace in 1888 as "Jerusalem, Turkey". What could this mean?

Question

He also stated on his naturalization record that he remounced his allegiance specifically to Muhammed V, the Sultan of Turkey. I've never connected Jerusalem to Turkey, but there must have been some connection in 1906 when he came to the US.

Answer 1

The Jews after coming out of Eygpt concquer it from from the Jebusites and it was than call "Jebuus" and it became Jerusalm "city of Peace" (Hebrew) It was taken by King Nebucaneeser of Babolon and restored to the Jews by Cyrus King of Persia (but subject to Pursian overlordship) Alexander of Masdonia took it from the Persians and Kept it. After the death of Alexander, the empire was divided between his three generals and the house of Philip. The city later was fought over by the the Ptomaic and Selusid empires and following the Macbean Revolt the Jews took controll of the city for several years. Infighting between the Jews led one party to bringin the Roman's (Pompy) and they refused to leve. It remained in Roman (Later Byzantium-The Eastern 1/2 of the Roman Empire) until the 7th Century after Christ when the city fell to Arab-Muslim invation. It remained in Arab hands until the crusades which temporaraly placed it in French hands. The Arabs later regained the city. The Turkish (which adopted Islam) conqured the most of the near east including the city and held them until the fall of the Ottoman Empire following World War One. The British & French then received the territory becuase of oil interests which they held from Ottoman days under a Leuge of Nations Madate. In 1947 after the British left the area the Jews living in the area decleared themselves independent rather than fall under Arab rule. US president Eisenhower gave agknolegement to the state of Israel and the Arab tryed to destoy them and fail. Thus the state exists today.

Answer 2

Steve T is correct!

Late Ottoman Period (1800s-1917)

The modern history of Jerusalem began in the mid-nineteenth century, with the decline of the Ottoman Empire. At that time, the city was a backwater, with a population that did not exceed 8,000, and belonged to Turkey.

British Mandate (1917-1948)

The British were victorious over the Turks in the Middle East during World War I and with victory in Palestine, General Sir Edmund Allenby, commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force entered Jerusalem on foot, out of respect for the Holy City, on December 11th, 1917.

On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly approved a plan which partitioned the British Mandate of Palestine into two states: one Jewish and one Arab.

Answer 3

Islamic History: The Ottoman Turks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Quarter#The_Ottoman_Period_1517.E2.80.931917

Answer 4

In those days Jerusalem and what is now Israel was part of the Ottoman empire

Answer 5

What we now call Israel did not come into existence till after WW2. it was actually a few years later.

Answer 6

That he's 119 years old.