 By the 18th @-@ century , Lajjun was replaced by Jenin as the administrative capital of the sanjak which now included the Sanjak of Ajlun . By the 19th @-@ century it was renamed Sanjak Jenin , although Ajlun was separated from it . Zahir al @-@ Umar , who became the effective ruler of the Galilee for a short period during the second half of the 18th @-@ century , was reported to have used cannons against Lajjun in the course of his campaign between 1771 @-@ 1773 to capture Nablus . It is possible that this attack led to the village 's decline in the years that followed . By that time , Lajjun 's influence was diminished by the increasing strength of Acre 's political power and Nablus 's economic muscle . 
