Contradiction between sources Hi all For now Ive removed this  In  an orthodox Jewish community constituted the largest single religious group in the cityGrenville John Ashley Soames A history of the world from the th to the st century Routledge  pg  ISBN   I cannot access the text and would like to see it I also think picking  is arbitrary  This source which provides a population table for Jerusalem from    on page  indicates that in  the population was  people  Muslims  Christians and  Jews in  the population was   Muslims  Christians and  Jews and that in  it was   Muslims  Christians and  Jews Given the city had become an important administrative capital for the Ottoman empire in the th century its not suprising that there were new arrivals all the time from all three religious groups I dont think we need to focus on  in isolation