Ibn Khaldun attests to Jewish Sovereignty
In his book Al Muqaddimah, written in 1377 CE, Ibn Khaldun mentions a 1400-year-old ongoing Jewish presence in the Land.
He writes: “This may be exemplified by the Jews. Their rule in Bilād al-Shām lasted about 1,400 years.”
Bilād al-Shām (بلاد الشام) at the time Ibn Khaldun wrote the Muqaddimah referred to the entire Levant region, including Modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and parts of southern Turkey around Antioch.
Bust of Ibn Khaldun in the entrance of the Kasbah of Bejaia, Algeria
Reda Kerbush, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Handwriting of Ibn Khaldūn certifying a manuscript copy of al-Muqaddima, MS Atif Efendi [ar] 1936, f. 7a
Ibn Khaldūn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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This may be exemplified by the Jews. Their rule in Bilād al-Shām lasted about 1,400 years.
Bilād al-Shām (بلاد الشام) at the time that Ibn Khaldun wrote the Muqaddimah, referred to the entire Levant region, including: Modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Parts of southern Turkey (around Antioch).
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