Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent palestinian clan”. Today it says “prominent palestinian business and political clan whose members acted as rulers”.
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Jayyusi ( Arabic : الجیوسي ; also spelled Jayousi , Jayossi , Jayyousi , or Juyushi ) is a prominent Palestinian business and political clan whose members acted as rulers, local lords , army generals and tax collectors since the 11th century. They were the traditional leaders of the Bani Sa'b subdistrict ( nahiya ), which included their throne villages of Kur and Kafr Sur ; Jayyus the village named after the patronymic of the family founder, Fatimid Vizier and Governor of Damascus ( Badr al-Din al-Jamali ) who was known by his military title Amīr al-Juyūsh ( Arabic : أمير الجيوش ; General of the Armies ) where the name 'Juyush-i' was designated to his property, lands and all decedents in Egypt and Palestine . Other Palestinian villages that were considered within the Jayyusi clan's stronghold include Qalqilya , Tayibe , Jinsafut , Kafr Zibad and Kafr Jammal .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Al Jayoosi or Jayyusi ( Arabic : الجیوسي) is a prominent Palestinian clan , its members acted as rural lords and landowning tax collectors for centuries, and are the only inhabitants of the throne village of Fort Kur (located in the middle of Nablus , Tulkarem and Qalqilia triangle) the administrative center of the Banu Sa’ab district. The Jayoosis ( Arabic :جيايسه, Jayaysa) are known to have existed in the 12th century under Mamluk rule, and are said to originate from the mountains of the Caucasus and are descendants of Mamluk generals.
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Al Jayyousi (also spelled Jayousi , Jayoosi or Jayyousi ) ( ) is a prominent Palestinian clan whose members acted as local lords , army generals and tax collectors for centuries.They were the traditional leaders of the Bani Sa'b subdistrict ( nahiya ), which included their throne villages of Kur and Kafr Sur ; Jayyus , the village from which their clan name was derived; and the villages of Qalqilya , Tayibe , Jinsafut , Kafr Zibad and Kafr Jammal , among others.
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Al-Jayyusi ( ; also spelled Jayousi , Jayosi , Jayossi , Jayoosi , Jayyousi , or Juyushi ) is a prominent Palestinian business and political clan whose members acted as rulers, local lords , army generals and tax collectors since the 11th century.They were the traditional leaders of the Bani Sa'b subdistrict ( nahiya ), which included their throne villages of Kur and Kafr Sur ; Jayyus the village named after the patronymic of the family founder, Fatimid Vizier and Governor of Damascus ( Badr al-Din al-Jamali ) who was known by his military title Amīr al-Juyūsh ( ; General of the Armies ) where the name 'Juyush-i' was designated to his property, lands and all decedents in Egypt and Palestine .Other Palestinian villages that were considered within the Jayyusi clan's stronghold include Qalqilya , Tayibe , Jinsafut , Kafr Zibad and Kafr Jammal .
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Palestinian business and political clan Al-Jayyusi ( ; also spelled Jayousi , Jayossi , Jayyousi , or Juyushi ) is a prominent Palestinian business and political clan whose members acted as rulers, local lords , army generals and tax collectors since the 11th century. They were the traditional leaders of the Bani Sa'b subdistrict ( nahiya ), which included their throne villages of Kur and Kafr Sur ; Jayyus the village named after the patronymic of the family founder, Fatimid Vizier and Governor of Damascus ( Badr al-Din al-Jamali ) who was known by his military title Amīr al-Juyūsh ( ; General of the Armies ) where the name 'Juyush-i' was designated to his property, lands and all decedents in Egypt and Palestine . Other Palestinian villages that were considered within the Jayyusi clan's stronghold include Qalqilya , Tayibe , Jinsafut , Kafr Zibad and Kafr Jammal .
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prominent palestinian clan
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prominent palestinian business and political clan whose members acted as rulers
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