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. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/June, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/April, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.