1660 destruction of Safed
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The 1660 destruction of Safed occurred during the Druze power struggle in Mount Lebanon, at the time of the rule of Ottoman sultan Mehmed IV.[1][2][3][4] The towns of Safed and nearby Tiberias, with substantial Jewish communities, were destroyed in the turmoil.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Only a few of the former residents of Safed returned to the town after the destruction.[6][7] Gershom Scholem considers the 1662 reports about the destruction of Safed as "exaggerated".[8] The community, however, recovered within several years, whereas Tiberias lay in waste for decades.