after the crusaders were succeeded by the ayyubids and then the mamluks, the ottoman empire conquered palestine in 1517, and jifna came under their control for the following 400 years. in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers under the name of "jifna an-nasara", being in the "nahiya" (subdistrict) of jerusalem of the jerusalem sanjak, with a population of 21 households. the villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 6,470 akçe. it was under the administration of the bani zeid subdistrict, part of the larger jerusalem district, throughout ottoman rule, being the only all-christian village in the district. during this period, the main commodity of jifna was olive oil. ottoman activity in the village was minimal, but they used the remains of jifna's castle, known as "burj jifna", as a jail house sometime during the 19th century. in the early 1830s, ibrahim pasha of egypt conquered most of the levant, including palestine. in 1834 there was a revolt against the egyptian authorities in the jifna area; 26 residents of jifna were subsequently exiled to egypt for their alleged participation in the uprising. they were joined, voluntarily, by two prominent local priests.