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The Islamization of Jerusalem refers to the process through which Jerusalem and its Old City acquired an Islamic character and, eventually, a significant Muslim presence. The foundation for Jerusalem's Islamization was laid by the Muslim conquest of the Levant, and began shortly after the city was besieged and captured in 638 CE by the Rashidun Caliphate under Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second ...
Amr ibn al-As launched the conquest of Egypt from Jerusalem in c. 640, [22] and his son Abd Allah transmitted hadiths about the city. [23] Christian leadership in Jerusalem entered a state of disorganization following the death of Sophronius c. 638, with no new patriarch appointed until 702.
Solomon's Stables in the 1936 Old City of Jerusalem map by Survey of Palestine map 1-2,500 (cropped).jpg; Jewish buildings (circled blue) in the Old City of Jerusalem map by Survey of Palestine map 1-2,500 (cropped).jpg; Area around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem map by Survey of Palestine map 1-2,500 (cropped).jpg
As Jerusalem grew in importance to Muslims and pilgrimages increased, tolerance for other religions declined. Christians were persecuted and churches destroyed. The Sixth Fatimid caliph, al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah , 996–1021, who was believed to be "God made manifest" by his most zealous Shiʻi followers, now known as the Druze , destroyed the ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Metropolis in Israel and Palestine, Israel Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Hebrew) القُدس (Arabic) Metropolis Old City from the Mount of Olives with Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount Tower of David Zion Square Chords Bridge Mamilla Mall Western Wall Shrine of the Book ...
Old maps of Jerusalem (15 P) S. Historic sites in Jerusalem (3 C, 23 P) Pages in category "History of Jerusalem" ... Islamization of Jerusalem; J. Jebusites;
The cartography of Jerusalem prior to modern surveying techniques is focused only on the Old City, shown here.The expansion of the city from the mid-nineteenth century coincided with the production of the first modern map (see the Ordnance Survey map in the list below).
It is undoubtedly the most accurate map of the Old City pre-1948: Annual Report, 1936, of the Department of Land and Surveys, pages 368, 368: "In 1936 a complete map of the Old City of Jerusalem was published on the scale 1/2,500. The only previous map of the Old City was that made in 1865 by Sir Charles Wilson, previously mentioned.