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This book is the first to study the detailed political relationship between the Prophet Muhammad and Jerusalem in a number of Muslim sources.Usually, the study of this relationship in Muslim sources has always been limited to the oral traditions of the Prophet Muhammad on the virtues of Jerusalem, the Holy Land and al-Aqsa Mosque, in addition to Muhammad's famous Night Journey. This book takes this issue in a new direction, revealing that the Prophet Muhammad was, in fact, the true planner of the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem that took place five years after his death. This conquest marked a major shift in the history of the Holy Land and changed the face of that region. This book opens the gate for understanding the way in which the Prophet Muhammad shaped the image of Jerusalem and built its status in the Muslim mind.

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Abdallah Marouf Omar is Assistant Professor of Islamic History at Istanbul 29 Mayis University, Turkey. He was awarded his PhD in Islamic Jerusalem Studies at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He is specialised in the history of the Middle East and the Holy Land between the 7th and 11th centuries. He has published numerous books, articles, reviews, chapters and encyclopaedia entries in both Arabic and English. His most important publications include the best seller Introduction to the Study of al-Aqsa Mosque (published in Arabic in 2009), and Introduction to Jerusalem Studies (also in Arabic; 2018).

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