Conquest of Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)

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15 AH

Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) came to al-Jabiya; the people of Iliya came out to him seeking safe-conduct, made peace with him on payment of the jizya, and opened the city to him. A Jewish man who used to question him about the Dajjal advised him not to turn back until God had opened Iliya to him 1. The volume's index places the account under the year 15, pages 607 to 613 2.

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al-Tabari relates that Umar ibn al-Khattab came to al-Jabiya, and the people of Iliya went out to him seeking safe-conduct. They made peace with him for the jizya and opened the city to him. 1

The Jewish man

A Jew who used to ask him about the Antichrist advised him not to return until God had opened Iliya. 1

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The index of the third volume of al-Tabari places the account in 15 AH, with its pages running from 607 to 613. 2

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  1. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.3 p.607
  2. Tarikh al-Rusul wa'l-Muluk — al-Tabari (ed. Abu al-Fadl Ibrahim) , j.3 p.632
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