-
forward marches,
comprising a
chain of
fortified strongholds,
known as al-
thughūr (اَلـثُّـغُـوْر; sing. al-thaghr, اَلـثَّـغْـر, "cleft, opening"), and...
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Qinnasrin by
Caliph Abd al-Malik in 692. In 786, the jund of al-Awasim and al-
Thughur were
established from the
northern frontier region of
Qinnasrin by Caliph...
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Muslim conquest Rashiduns Bilad al-Sham
Palestine Homs al-Urdun
Qinnasrin Thughūr Umayyads Abbasids Fatimids Hamdanids Jarrahids Mirdasids Banu
Munqidh Banu...
- decades. In a
series of
campaigns he
recovered the
provinces of Jazira,
Thughur, and Jibal, and
effected a
rapprochement with the
Saffarids in the east...
- the
sacking of Theodosiopolis, as well as
successful raids in the Arab
Thughur. Then, in 904 the
renegade Leo of
Tripolis sacked Thessalonica with his...
-
regions came to form the two-halves of a new
fortified frontier zone, the
thughur. Both the
Umayyads and
later the
Abbasids continued to
regard the annual...
-
conquered by the
Umayyad Caliphate and
became part of the
Islamic borderlands (
thughur) with the Romans. The
region had, however, been
almost completely depo****ted...
-
Muslim conquest Rashiduns Bilad al-Sham
Palestine Homs al-Urdun
Qinnasrin Thughūr Umayyads Abbasids Fatimids Hamdanids Jarrahids Mirdasids Banu
Munqidh Banu...
- In a
series of
campaigns al-Mu'tadid
recovered the
provinces of Jazira,
Thughur, and Jibal, and
effected a
rapprochement with the
Saffarids in the east...
- Tulunids,
under the
pretext of a
jihad to
defend the
frontier districts (
Thughur)
against the Byzantines,
occupied Syria. This
campaign was
ended prematurely...
