Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the five districts of syria during the period of the arab caliphates”. Today it says “one of the five districts of bilad al-sham”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “One of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates Syria ( Bilad al-Sham ) and its provinces under the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century”. It now reads “One of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates Today part of Israel West Bank Jordan Lebanon”.
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Syria ( Bilad al-Sham ) and its provinces under the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century Jund al-Urdunn ( , translation: "the military district of Jordan") was one of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates.1 It was established under the Rashidun and its capital was Tiberias throughout its rule by the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. It encompassed southern Mount Lebanon , the Galilee , the southern Hauran , the Golan Heights , and most of the eastern Jordan Valley (especially in the north). Major towns besides Tiberias included Baysan , Acre , Qadas , Tyre , Pella , and Jarash , and at times, Nablus . During the Fatimid era, the principal cities were Acre, Tiberias, Baysan, Beit Ras , Jadur, Fiq , Tyre, Lajjun , Faradiyya , Kabul and Saffuriya . It did not include Amman or the southern part of modern Jordan.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Jund al-Urdunn ( , translation: "the military district of Jordan") was one of the five districts of Syria during the period of the Arab Caliphates. It was established under the Rashidun and its capital was Tiberias throughout its rule by the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. It encompassed southern Mount Lebanon , the Galilee , the southern Hauran , the Golan Heights , and most of the eastern Jordan Valley (especially in the north). Major towns besides Tiberias, included Baysan , Acre , Qadas , Tyre , Pella , and Jarash , and at times, Nablus . During the Fatimid era, the principal cities were Acre, Tiberias, Baysan, Beit Ras, Jadur, Fiq , Tyre, Lajjun , Faradiyya , Kabul and Saffuriya .
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One of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates Syria ( Bilad al-Sham ) and its provinces under the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century Jund al-Urdunn ( , translation: "The military district of Jordan") was one of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates. It was established under the Rashidun and its capital was Tiberias throughout its rule by the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. It encompassed southern Mount Lebanon , the Galilee , the southern Hauran , the Golan Heights , and most of the eastern Jordan Valley (especially in the north). A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500 .OCLC 1004386 . : Invalid |ref=harv ( help )
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One of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates Today part of Israel West Bank Jordan Lebanon Jund al-Urdunn ( , translation: "The military district of Jordan") was one of the five districts of Bilad al-Sham (Islamic Syria) during the early Islamic period. It was established under the Rashidun and its capital was Tiberias throughout its rule by the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. It encompassed southern Mount Lebanon , the Galilee , the southern Hauran , the Golan Heights , and most of the eastern Jordan Valley (especially in the north). A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500 .
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One of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates Today part of Israel West Bank Jordan Lebanon Jund al-Urdunn ( Arabic : جُـنْـد الْأُرْدُنّ , translation: "The military district of Jordan") was one of the five districts of Bilad al-Sham (Islamic Syria) during the early Islamic period. It was established under the Rashidun and its capital was Tiberias throughout its rule by the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. It encompassed southern Mount Lebanon , the Galilee , the southern Hauran , the Golan Heights , and most of the eastern Jordan Valley (especially in the north). A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500 .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the five districts of syria during the period of the arab caliphates”. Today it says “one of the five districts of bilad al-sham”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “One of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates Syria ( Bilad al-Sham ) and its provinces under the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century”. It now reads “One of the five districts of Bilad ash-Sham during the period of the Arab Caliphates Today part of Israel West Bank Jordan Lebanon”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the five districts of syria during the period of the arab caliphates
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one of the five districts of bilad al-sham
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