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    Qinnašrīn (Arabic: قنشرين, romanized: Qinnašrīn; Syriac: ܩܢܫܪܝܢ, romanized: Qennešrin, lit. 'Nest of Eagles'; Latin: Chalcis ad Belum; Greek: Χαλκὶς,...
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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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    Bab Qinnasrin (Arabic: بَاب قِنَّسْرِيْن, romanized: Bāb Qinnasrīn), meaning the Gate of Qinnasrin is one of the gates of the medieval Old City of Aleppo...
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  • The Battle of Qinnasrin took place between the Zengids and the County of Tripoli following a successful campaign against Antioch led by Imad al-Din Zengi...
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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...
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    Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo Azaz Marj al-Saffar al-Atharib Rafaniyya Antioch Qinnasrin Ba'rin 2nd Aleppo 2nd Shaizar Edessa 1144 Edessa 1146 Bosra Second Crusade...
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    and Tanukh, largely inhabited the districts of Filastin, al-Urdunn and Hims, while the Qays inhabited al-Jazirah, the Byzantine frontier and Qinnasrin....
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  • Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah in the sieges of Homs and Aleppo and the Battle of Qinnasrin, all in 637–638. These engagements collectively precipitated the retreat...
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    after the death of Mu'awiya II. Al-Dahhak in Damascus, the Qays tribes in Qinnasrin (northern Syria) and the Jazira, the Judham in Palestine, and the Ansar...
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  • Persians. Battle of Hazir June – Khalid ibn al-Walid defeats the garrison of Qinnasrin under Meenas at Hazir in Syria, wiping out the Byzantine force. Battle...
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    Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo Azaz Marj al-Saffar al-Atharib Rafaniyya Antioch Qinnasrin Ba'rin 2nd Aleppo 2nd Shaizar Edessa 1144 Edessa 1146 Bosra Second Crusade...
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    Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo Azaz Marj al-Saffar al-Atharib Rafaniyya Antioch Qinnasrin Ba'rin 2nd Aleppo 2nd Shaizar Edessa 1144 Edessa 1146 Bosra Second Crusade...
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    caliphs Mu'awiya I or Yazid I and came under the jurisdiction of Jund Qinnasrin. It was made its own province in 692 by Caliph Abd al-Malik. After 702...
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    (with its centre at Chalybon or Aleppo), Chalcidice (with its center at Qinnasrīn العيس), and Cyrrhestica (with its center at Cyrrhus النبي حوري).[citation...
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    Hejaz Ifriqiya Iraq Sawad Jazira Jibal Khurasan Sindh Syria Awasim Jund al-Urdunn Jund Dimashq Jund Filastin Jund Hims Jund Qinnasrin Tabaristan Yemen...
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    Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo Azaz Marj al-Saffar al-Atharib Rafaniyya Antioch Qinnasrin Ba'rin 2nd Aleppo 2nd Shaizar Edessa 1144 Edessa 1146 Bosra Second Crusade...
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    incursions, Yazid established the northern Syrian frontier district of Qinnasrin from what had been a part of Hims, and garrisoned it. Yazid reappointed...
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  • cavalry, the Mobile guard. It took place in June 637, three miles east of Qinnasrin at Al-Hadher in present-day Syria. After the conquest of Jerusalem, Caliph...
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    Medina-Sidonia and Jerez, the Emesa (Hims) jund in Seville and Niebla, and the Qinnasrin jund in Jaén. The Egypt jund was divided between Beja (Alentejo) in the...
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    fifth, Jund Qinnasrin in the north was added in about 680 (Hawting 2000, p. 38). Later, about 680, a fifth district was added, Qinnasrin in the north...
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  • authority. After Mu'awiya II died in 684, the junds of Palestine, Homs and Qinnasrin recognized Ibn al-Zubayr, while loyalist tribes in Damascus and al-Urdunn...
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    Hejaz Ifriqiya Iraq Sawad Jazira Jibal Khurasan Sindh Syria Awasim Jund al-Urdunn Jund Dimashq Jund Filastin Jund Hims Jund Qinnasrin Tabaristan Yemen...
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    existing cities, including Damascus, Homs, Jerusalem, Tiberias, Aleppo and Qinnasrin. Mu'awiya restored, repopulated and garrisoned the coastal cities of Antioch...
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    fortress, Qala'at al-Sharif, outside the city into Aleppo's enclosure. Bab Qinnasrin was completely rebuilt by an-Nasir Yusuf in 1256. This gate stands today...
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    Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo Azaz Marj al-Saffar al-Atharib Rafaniyya Antioch Qinnasrin Ba'rin 2nd Aleppo 2nd Shaizar Edessa 1144 Edessa 1146 Bosra Second Crusade...
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    Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo Azaz Marj al-Saffar al-Atharib Rafaniyya Antioch Qinnasrin Ba'rin 2nd Aleppo 2nd Shaizar Edessa 1144 Edessa 1146 Bosra Second Crusade...
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    964 by Sayf al-Dawla, the Hamdanid ruler of Aleppo, to renovate the Bāb Qinnasrīn in his capital. It was then destroyed when the Mongols captured Aleppo...
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    Tyre Yibneh 1st Aleppo Azaz Marj al-Saffar al-Atharib Rafaniyya Antioch Qinnasrin Ba'rin 2nd Aleppo 2nd Shaizar Edessa 1144 Edessa 1146 Bosra Second Crusade...
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    Hejaz Ifriqiya Iraq Sawad Jazira Jibal Khurasan Sindh Syria Awasim Jund al-Urdunn Jund Dimashq Jund Filastin Jund Hims Jund Qinnasrin Tabaristan Yemen...
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    under Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah in 637. It later became part of Jund Qinnasrin under the Umayyad Caliphate. In 944, it became the seat of an independent...
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