Editing Jericho (section)

====16th century====
Jericho was incorporated into the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1517 with all of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], and in 1545 a revenue of 19,000 [[Akçe]] was recorded, destined for the new [[Waqf]] for the [[Haseki Sultan Imaret]] of Jerusalem.<ref name=Singerp52>Singer, 2002, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zHBHBTNwBQoC&pg=PA50 50], [https://books.google.com/books?id=zHBHBTNwBQoC&pg=PA52 52]</ref> The villagers processed [[indigo]] as one source of revenue, using a cauldron specifically for this purpose that was loaned to them by the Ottoman authorities in Jerusalem.<ref name=Singerp120>Singer, 2002, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zHBHBTNwBQoC&pg=PA120 120]</ref> Later that century, the Jericho revenues no longer went to the Haseki Sultan Imaret.<ref name=Singerp126>Singer, 2002, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zHBHBTNwBQoC&pg=PA126 126]</ref>

In 1596 Jericho appeared in the [[daftar|tax registers]] under the name of ''Riha'', being in the ''[[nahiya]]'' of Al-Quds in the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|liwa]]'' of [[Al-Quds]]. It had a population of 51 households, all [[Muslim]]s. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards and fruit trees, goats and beehives, water buffaloes, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 40,000 [[Akçe]]. All of the revenue still went to a Waqf.<ref name=HA114>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 114</ref>