File:Syria in the 9th century.svg

Summary
Map of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilad_al-Sham" class="extiw" title="w:Bilad al-Sham">Islamic Syria</a> and its provinces (ajnad, sing. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jund" class="extiw" title="w:jund">jund</a>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_Qinnasrin" class="extiw" title="w:Jund Qinnasrin">Qinnasrin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_Filastin" class="extiw" title="w:Jund Filastin">Palestine (Filastin)</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_al-Urdunn" class="extiw" title="w:Jund al-Urdunn">Jordan (al-Urdunn)</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_Dimashq" class="extiw" title="w:Jund Dimashq">Damascus (Dimashq)</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_Hims" class="extiw" title="w:Jund Hims">Hims</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_al-%27Awasim" class="extiw" title="w:Jund al-'Awasim">al-'Awasim</a>) under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" class="extiw" title="w:Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> in the 9th century
Source map: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_the_Mills.svg" title="File:Battle of the Mills.svg">Battle of the Mills.svg</a>; Sources for settlements and provincial borders: W.E. Kaegi, Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests. Cambridge 1995, p. 241; The New Cambridge History of Islam, Vol. 1: The Formation of the Islamic World, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries. Cambridge and New York 2011, p. xxxv; Hugh N. Kennedy, The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Second ed.). Harlow 2004, p. 404.
Note that borders varied somewhat over time (e.g. sometimes Amman was part of Jund Filastin, etc.)...
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current | 01:37, 5 January 2017 | ![]() | 450 × 550 (1.27 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Map of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilad_al-Sham" class="extiw" title="w:Bilad al-Sham">Islamic Syria</a> and its provinces (<i>ajnad</i>, sing. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/jund" class="extiw" title="w:jund">jund</a></i>, of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_Qinnasrin" class="extiw" title="w:Jund Qinnasrin">Qinnasrin</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_Filastin" class="extiw" title="w:Jund Filastin">Palestine (Filastin)</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_al-Urdunn" class="extiw" title="w:Jund al-Urdunn">Jordan (al-Urdunn)</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_Dimashq" class="extiw" title="w:Jund Dimashq">Damascus (Dimashq)</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_Hims" class="extiw" title="w:Jund Hims">Hims</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jund_al-%27Awasim" class="extiw" title="w:Jund al-'Awasim">al-'Awasim</a>) under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" class="extiw" title="w:Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> in the 9th century <p>Source map: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_the_Mills.svg" title="File:Battle of the Mills.svg">Battle of the Mills.svg</a>; Sources for settlements and provincial borders: W.E. Kaegi, <i>Byzantium and the early Islamic conquests</i>. Cambridge 1995, p. 241; <i>The New Cambridge History of Islam, Vol. 1: The Formation of the Islamic World, Sixth to Eleventh Centuries</i>. Cambridge and New York 2011, p. xxxv; Hugh N. Kennedy, <i>The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the 6th to the 11th Century (Second ed.)</i>. Harlow 2004, p. 404.<br></p> Note that borders varied somewhat over time (e.g. sometimes Amman was part of Jund Filastin, etc.)... |
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