Image:C952 map of ash-Sham by Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Istakhri.jpg

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Source: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early+History+-+Archaeology/Jerusalem+in+Old+Maps+and+Views-+6-13+century.htm

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"THE LAND OF ISRAEL IN IBRAHIM IBN MUHAMMAD ISTAKHRI'S MAP OF SYRIA (ca. 952). The 10th and 11th centuries were the era of the 'Atlas of Islam' - collections of maps which usually included representations of 17 Islamic countries. The Arabs never regarded the Land of Israel, which they called Falastin, as a distinct geographical or political unit, and mapped it as an integral part of ash-Sham, Syria, as in the example shown here. Jerusalem is represented by one of the circles in the upper part of the map (which is directed towards the south-west and is named Bayt al-Maqdas (Hebrew: Bet haMiqdash, the Temple)."

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