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Under the
early Caliphates, a
jund (Arabic: جند;
plural ajnad, أجناد) was a
military division,
which became applied to Arab
military territory in the conquered...
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Syrian junds of
Jund Dimashq (Damascus),
Jund Hims (Homs),
Jund al-Urdunn (Jordan), and
Jund Filastin (Palestine), plus 3,000 from
Jund Qinnasrin Dozy...
- Alqama; he was
already governor of the
junds of
Dimashq and al-Urdunn
under Umar was
given authority over
Jund Hims by Uthman) Al-Harith ibn Abd al-Azdi...
- al-Sham was
first organized into the four
ajnad (military districts;
singular jund) of
Dimashq (Damascus), Hims (Homs), al-Urdunn (Jordan), and
Filastin (Palestine)...
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Jund Dimashq (Arabic: جند دمشق) was the
largest of the sub-provinces (ajnad, sing.
jund), into
which Syria was
divided under the
Umayyad and
Abbasid dynasties...
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Jund al-Sham (Arabic: جند الشام, lit. 'Soldiers of the Levant') is or was the name of
multiple ****
Islamist jihadist militant groups.
Founded around...
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Jund Qinnasrīn (Arabic: جُـنْـد قِـنَّـسْـرِيْـن, "military
district of Qinnasrin") was one of five sub-provinces of
Syria under the
Umayyad and Abbasid...
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overall governor of
Syria Abu
Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah;
concurrently governed the
junds of
Dimashq and Filastin) Mu'awiya ibn Abi
Sufyan (639-), may have been appointed...
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group Islamic State (IS),
active in Algeria. The
group was
formerly known as
Jund al-Khilafah fi Ard al-Jazair (Arabic: جند الخلافة في أرض الجزائر, lit. 'Soldiers...
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Jund al-Aqsa (Arabic: جند الأقصى
Jund al-‘Aqṣā, "Soldiers of al-Aqsa"),
known as Liwa al-Aqsa
after 7
February 2017, was a
Salafist jihadist organization...
