Portal:Palestine/Did you know/4


 * ...that the Mecelle, the Ottoman civil code of 1877, was the first attempt to codify part of the laws of an Islamic state?
 * ...that the Declaration to the Seven was the first British pronouncement to the Arab states of the former Ottoman Empire advancing the principle of national self-determination?
 * ...that Muristan, a complex in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem (pictured), was the location of the first hospital of the Knights of St. John?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2007/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2007/June, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2007/April, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.