In 891 CE , during the early centuries of Islamic rule , Nablus had a religiously diverse population of Samaritans , local Muslims and Christians . Arab geographer Al-Dimashqi , recorded that under the rule of the Mamluk Dynasty ( Muslim Dynasty based in Egypt ) , local Muslims , Samaritans , Orthodox Christians , Catholics and Jews populated the city . At the 1931 census , the population was counted as 16,483 Muslims , 533 Christians , 6 Jews , 7 Druses and 160 Samaritans . However , this census was taken after the 1929 Palestine riots which drove the Jews out of many majority-Arab cities
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
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