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... Arab leaders who had come to re- sent Ottoman rule , including certain Syrian Arabs who looked to Husayn for leadership because he was not under direct Ottoman rule , Faysal in 1915 travelled to Damascus to reach an understanding with ...
... Arab leaders who had come to re- sent Ottoman rule , including certain Syrian Arabs who looked to Husayn for leadership because he was not under direct Ottoman rule , Faysal in 1915 travelled to Damascus to reach an understanding with ...
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... Arab hegemony in Palestine . Several clandestine Arab guerrilla organizations arose to recruit commandos and direct sabotage in Israel and along Arab- Israeli borders , but the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , based in Cairo ...
... Arab hegemony in Palestine . Several clandestine Arab guerrilla organizations arose to recruit commandos and direct sabotage in Israel and along Arab- Israeli borders , but the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , based in Cairo ...
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Neapolis ( Greek : New City ) . In AD 635 the conquering Arabs took Gaza ; it has been a Muslim Arab city ever since . Reputed site of the burial place of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf , great - grandfather of the Prophet Muham- mad , and ...
Neapolis ( Greek : New City ) . In AD 635 the conquering Arabs took Gaza ; it has been a Muslim Arab city ever since . Reputed site of the burial place of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf , great - grandfather of the Prophet Muham- mad , and ...
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