The Ayyubids relocated to Damascus, where they continued to control Palestine for a further 10 years.

There is no Israel because the British Empire never controlled Palestine.

The first branch was opened in Jaffa in 1903, although the Turkish government, which then controlled Palestine, tried to close it.

He proposed a plan to this effect to Britain, which controlled Palestine at that time, but to no avail.

English on currency is a holdover from the days of the British Mandate, which controlled Palestine before Israel's independence.

The Ottomans, who had controlled Palestine since the 16th century, took an interest in Beersheba in the late 19th century.

In addition to Egypt they also controlled Syria, Palestine Lebanon and Jordan.

According to his daughter the reason for his being there was "presumably the remaining war to control Palestine and Cairo" and its preparations.

The British, who controlled Palestine, were refusing entry to large numbers of Jews because they did not want to antagonize the Arabs.

Britain, which controlled Palestine, was generally unwilling to let in large numbers of refugees, and this case proved no exception.