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Jabiyah (Arabic: الجابية / ALA-LC: al-
Jābiya) was a town of
political and
military significance in the 6th–8th centuries. It was
located between the Hawran...
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headquarters and garrisons, such as Homs,
diminishing Jabiya's centrality.
Further reducing troop numbers in
Jabiya was the
Plague of
Amwas in 639,
which reduced...
- his
candidacy for the
caliphate during a
summit of pro-Umayyad
tribes in
Jabiya. The
tribal nobility, led by Ibn
Bahdal of the Banu Kalb,
elected Marwan...
- The East Gate (Bab Sharqi) The Gate of
Thomas (Bab Touma) The
Jabiya Gate (Bab al-
Jabiya) The Gate of
Paradise (Bab al-Faradis) The
Keisan Gate (Bab Kisan)...
- Bab al-
Jabiya (Arabic: بَابُ الْجَابِيَّةِ, romanized: Bāb al-Jābīyah; Gate of the
Water Trough) is one of the
seven ancient city-gates of Damascus, Syria...
- his
candidacy for the
caliphate during a
summit of pro-Umayyad
tribes in
Jabiya hosted by the
Kalbite chieftain Ibn Bahdal. The
tribal nobility elected...
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besieging the Bab al-
Jabiya (
Jabiya Gate), on 19
September 634. Abu
Ubayda was
appointed by
Khalid ibn al-Walid to
siege the
Jabiya Gate of Damascus. It...
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forces led by Abu
Ubayda had
entered peacefully from the
western Bab al-
Jabiya gate
after negotiations with
Damascene notables led by
Mansur ibn Sarjun...
- army at the old Gh****anid
capital of
Jabiya in the
highland region of the Hauran. Due to its
healthy climate,
Jabiya effectively acted as a
sanatorium for...
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their march, and by
early May 634 they
reached the
region between Bosra and
Jabiya. The
Emperor Heraclius,
having received intelligence of the
movements of...
