Cover -- Jerusalem: From the Ottomans to the British -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF MAPS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- GLOSSARY -- INTRODUCTION -- MODERNISING JERUSALEM: ADMINISTRATION AND POPULATION -- From Ottoman to Egyptian rule and back -- From the Tanzimat to the Young Turks through the Hamidian era: patterns of governance and administration -- The Sancak and the Mutasarrıf -- The municipality of Jerusalem -- The Councils ruling Jerusalem -- The Notables of Jerusalem in the late Ottoman era -- The People of Jerusalem (1905-1922): figures and definitions -- CHRISTIANITY AT WAR -- The Christian Churches of Jerusalem in history -- Patriarchates between the Ottomans and the European Powers -- The Churches and the Capitulations -- 'Peace' among Christians: the Status Quo, origins and developments -- Christian Churches facing mobilisation and war -- The Custody of the Holy Land -- The Custody in the aftermath of the war: local and international dimensions -- The strange allies: Arab Christians and Muslims together -- FOREIGNERS IN JERUSALEM -- Visiting Jerusalem -- Consulates -- Foreigners and the War -- Consul of War: Conde de Ballobar -- Consular missions in the aftermath of the War -- THE WAR AND THE BRITISH CONQUEST OF JERUSALEM -- Preparing for war: mobilisation of human, material and ideological resources -- The real value of Jerusalem at the beginning of the war -- The British conquest of Jerusalem: 9 December 1917 -- 'Gerusalemme Liberata' -- 'A dramatic incident of war': the surrender of Jerusalem -- Jerusalem conquered: local, British and international reactions -- The end of the last Crusade? -- BRITISH MILITARY RULE 1917-1920 AND THE CASE OF THE NEBI MUSA RIOTS -- Military rule: 1917-1920 -- The 'despot' ruler of Jerusalem: Ronald Storrs -- Planning Jerusalem -- April 1920: Nebi Musa Riots -- EPILOGUE.

NOTES -- Bibliography -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Archival Material: -- Private Papers: -- Official Publications: -- Newspapers: -- Memoirs, Diaries and Tourist Guides: -- Unpublished Material: -- Internet sources: -- Books: -- Articles and Chapters: -- INDEX.