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...ersaw the construction of Bayt al-Maqdis (the Temple in Jerusalem) — one of the great architectural and spiritual achievemen...
...pened the way for the subsequent conquests of Damascus, Jerusalem, and all of the Levant.
The surrender of Jerusalem was one of the most momentous events in Islamic history. P...
...e of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhra) on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem was completed in 72 AH under the patronage of Caliph Abd a...
The peaceful surrender of Jerusalem to the Muslims stands as one of the most remarkable episod...
... Antioch was a significant blow that opened the road to Jerusalem.
The fall of Jerusalem to the First Crusade on 15 July 1099 was accompanied by on...
...victory over the Crusader Principality of Antioch. Roger of Salerno, regent of Antioch, chose to engage the Artuqid army of ...
...l period, setting the stage for Saladin's reconquest of Jerusalem. Saladin, who had spent years patiently unifying the Musli...
Saladin's reconquest of Jerusalem on 27 Rajab 583 AH — the anniversary of the Isra' wal-Mi'r...
...y. He captured Jaffa but ultimately could not reconquer Jerusalem. The Third Crusade ended with the Treaty of Jaffa in 1192,...
...homeland by the Mongols. This combined force recaptured Jerusalem in 1244 — the city had briefly been returned to Crusader c...
...knights reportedly boasted they would go all the way to Jerusalem. The battle began with an ill-disciplined charge by the Fr...
...career, inflicted by the young leper King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem. Saladin had invaded the Kingdom of Jerusalem with a large...
Patriarch Sophronius surrendered Jerusalem to Caliph Umar personally. Umar entered humbly, wearing pa...
...n completed the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Built over the rock from which the Prophet Muhammad ascen...
...yyad caliphs on the southern end of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, near the Dome of the Rock. It became the third holiest mo...
European Crusaders captured Jerusalem after a month-long siege, massacring its Muslim and Jewish...
Crusader armies captured Jerusalem after a siege, massacring many Muslim and Jewish inhabitan...
After the fall of Jerusalem, the qadi Abu Sa'd al-Harawi traveled to Baghdad to plead ...
...the Battle of Hattin, Salah ad-Din al-Ayyubi recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders. Unlike the Crusader conquest, he showe...
...er fighting force and led directly to the liberation of Jerusalem three months later. It remains one of the most celebrated ...
After Saladin's recapture of Jerusalem, the European monarchs launched the Third Crusade. Despite...
...srael defeated Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, capturing East Jerusalem and al-Masjid al-Aqsa. The loss of Jerusalem was a profoun...