Jericho, by then named "Ariha" in Arabic variation, became part of
Jund Filastin ("Military District of Palestine"), part of the larger province of
Bilad al-Sham. The Arab Muslim historian Musa b. 'Uqba (died 758) recorded that
caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab exiled the Jews and Christians of
Khaybar to Jericho (and Tayma).
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Jericho - Wikipediaicho in 1918. While less is known of it than Shalom Al Yisrael, it has a larger mosaic and is in similar condition.[54] Early Muslim period Arabic Umayyad mosaic from Hisham's Palace in Jericho <span>Jericho, by then named "Ariha" in Arabic variation, became part of Jund Filastin ("Military District of Palestine"), part of the larger province of Bilad al-Sham. The Arab Muslim historian Musa b. 'Uqba (died 758) recorded that caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab exiled the Jews and Christians of Khaybar to Jericho (and Tayma).[55] By 659, that district had come under the control of Mu'awiya, founder of the Umayyad dynasty. That year, an earthquake destroyed Jericho.[56] A decade later, the pilgrim Arculf visi Summary
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