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Medieval history of Palestine

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Rashidun Caliphate
first caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (632–661)
Kingdom of Jerusalem
medieval Christian kingdom in the Middle East
Ayyubid dynasty
Kurdish dynasty from 1171 to 1341
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
state in Egypt, Hejaz and the Levant (1250–1517)
Baibars
Al-Malik al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari (; 1223/1228 – 30 June 1277), commonly known as Baibars or Baybars () and nicknamed Abu al-Futuh (, ), was the fourth Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria, of Turkic Kipchak origin, in the Bahri dynasty, succeeding Qutuz. He was one of the commanders of the Muslim forces that inflicted a defeat on the Seventh Crusade of King Louis IX of France. He also led the vanguard of the Mamluk army at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260, which marked the first substantial defeat of the Mongol army that is considered a turning point in history.
Battle of Ain Jalut
1260 battle between the Egyptian Sultanate and the Mongol Empire
Al-Muqaddasi
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr, commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi or al-Muqaddasī,, meaning Jerusalemite, was a medieval Arab geographer, author of The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions and Description of Syria (Including Palestine).
Battle of Ajnadayn
7th-century battle in the Levant
Mongol raids into Palestine
1260–1300 raids
Bilad al-Sham
provincial region of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid Islamic caliphates
Sayf ad-Din Inal
Burji Mamluk sultan (1380-1461)
White mosque
mosque in Ramla, Israel
Plague of Amwas
epidemic in 7th century Syria
Tamim al-Dari
Islamic Sahaba
Jund Filastin
one of the military districts of the Ummayad and Abbasid Caliphate province of Bilad al-Sham
Jund al-Urdunn
Qays–Yaman rivalry
Tribal rivalry in the Arabia
Al-Sharat
thumb|right|300px|The district of Al-Sharat in Wiktionary:circa|circa 985 shown in the southern part of the province of [[Bilad al-Sham]]
Alqama ibn Mujazziz al-Kinani
early Muslim commander
Raja ibn Haywa
Arab scholar