Jews and Christians in Jerusalem
Arab geographer, Shams ad Din Abu Abd Allah Mohammed, who is known as Muqaddasi or ‘He who is from the Holy Land’, wrote of Jews and Christians of Jerusalem:
“Still, Jerusalem has some disadvantages… learned men are few, and the Christians numerous... Everywhere, the Christians and the Jews have the upper hand, and the mosque is void of either congregation or assembly of learned men.”
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Arab geographer, Shams ad Din Abu Abd Allah Mohammed, who is known as Muqaddasi – ‘He who comes from the Holy Land’ wrote of Jews and Christians of Jerusalem:
“Still, Jerusalem has some disadvantages… learned men are few, and the Christians numerous... Everywhere the Christians and the Jews have the upper hand; and the mosque is void of either congregation or assembly of learned men.”
Muqaddasi, Knowledge of Climes, p.197
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