Al-Jizah, Jordan

Al-Jeezah is a district number 22 out of 27 in the Amman Governorate of north-western Jordan.[1]

Al-Jizah
الجيزة
District
Country Jordan
GovernorateAmman Governorate
Population
 (2015)
 • Total95,045
Time zoneUTC + 2

History

In 634, al-Jizah was inhabited by Arab Christian tribe Kalb. However, they were conquered by Khalid ibn Walid during the Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia at 634.[2][3]

References
  1. Maplandia world gazetteer
  2. Shahid, p. 304.
  3. Blankinship, ed. Yar-Shater 1993, p. 76.

Bibliography
  • Blankinship, Khalid Yahya, ed. (1993). The History of al-Ṭabarī, Volume XI: The Challenge to the Empires. SUNY Series in Near Eastern Studies. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-0851-3.
  • Shahid, Irfan (1986). Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fourth Century. Washington, D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 0-88402-116-5.
  • Shahid, Irfan (1989). Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fifth Century. Washington, D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 0-88402-152-1.
  • Shahid, Irfan (1995). Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century, Volume 1, Part 1: Political and Military History. Washington, D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. ISBN 0-88402-214-5.


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