Kammala wannan jumla: Baitalami ta zama wani ɓangare na Jund Filastin bayan mamayar Musulmi a shekara ta 637. Musulmai sun ci gaba da yin sarauta a Baitalami har sai da rundunar sojoji suka ci birnin a shekara ta 1099, suka sauya limaman Orthodox na Helenanci da na Latin. A tsakiyar karni na 13, Mamluks sun rushe ganuwar birni, wanda daga baya aka sake gina shi a ƙarƙashin Ottomans a farkon karni na 16. Ikon Baitalami ya wuce daga Ottomans zuwa Birtaniya a ƙarshen yakin duniya na I. Baitalami ya kasance ƙarƙashin mulkin Jordan a lokacin mulkin Ottoman.
Yaƙin Larabawa da Isra'ila na 1948 kuma daga baya Isra'ila ta kama shi a Yaƙin Kwana shida na 1967. Tun daga yarjejeniyar Oslo ta 1995, Gwamnatin Falasdinawa ke gudanar da Baitalami.