In the late 19th century the growth of modern Jerusalem was so great that the Ottoman monarch in 1887, Sultan Abdul Hamid II, decided to open a New Gate in the city walls just east of Zahal Square to serve the new neighborhoods to the west.
Jerusalem shrank considerably in the late 19th century.
mnli hypothesis: Jerusalem shrank considerably in the late 19th century. premise: In the late 19th century the growth of modern Jerusalem was so great that the Ottoman monarch in 1887, Sultan Abdul Hamid II, decided to open a New Gate in the city walls just east of Zahal Square to serve the new neighborhoods to the west.