 In 1775 a Turkish officer, the Bosnian Mameluk Ahmad al-Jazzar took over, and the Turks regained control over the northern areas of the land.Zahir al-Umar actively encouraged Jewish resettlement and personally invited Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia of İzmir to settle in the Galilee.The rabbi, born in Hebron, then part of the Jerusalem "Mutassariflik" (Governorate/District), returned in 1740 and was received with full honours by Zahir.