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