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995 A Jewish governor, appointed by the Vizer.

3,200 Years of Documented Presence of the Jewish People in the Land of Israel, Genesis 15:18-21

A Jewish governor, appointed by the Vizer, in Jerusalem had authority over Damascus, Aleppo, Tyre, Sidon, Jerusalem and Ramleh, where there were Jewish and Samaritan officials.

Source: De Haas, Jacob; History of Palestine – The Last Two Thousand Years. p172, p175; Jacob Mann, The Jews in Egypt, and in Palestine under the Fatimid Caliphs, Oxford, 1920, p19

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