Jund Filastin | |||||||||
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Province of the Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates | |||||||||
630s–late 11th century | |||||||||
![]() Early Islamic Syria (Bilad al-Sham) and its provinces under the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century | |||||||||
Capital | c. 630s–c. 715: Jerusalem and Ludd (likely dual capitals) c. 715–1099: Ramla | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 630s | ||||||||
• Seljuk attacks, First Crusade | late 11th century | ||||||||
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Today part of | Israel West Bank Jordan |
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Jund Filasṭīn (Arabic: جُنْد فِلَسْطِيْن, "the military district of Palestine") was one of the military districts of the Umayyad and Abbasid province of Bilad al-Sham (Levant), organized soon after the Muslim conquest of the Levant in the 630s. Jund Filastin, which encompassed most of Palaestina Prima and Palaestina Tertia, included the newly established city of Ramla as its capital and eleven administrative districts (kura), each ruled from a central town.[1]