Jerusalem was a majority Jewish town in the 1870s

Jerusalem was a majority Jewish town in the 1870s
21,000 Total population
10000 Jewish
5500 Christian
5000 Mohammedan

Source: Great Britian Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command (1874) pg 992

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“sedentary population numbers about 15,500 souls, of whom 4,000 are Mussulmans [Muslims] and 8,000 Jews.”

Karl Marx, Daily Tribune, April 15, 1854.