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The Arab migrations to the Levant , known in Arabic as Bilād al-Shām , involved successive waves of migration and settlement by Arabian tribes from the Arabian Peninsula to the Levant region of West Asia, encompassing modern-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Israel. Arabian migrants hailed from various parts of the Middle East, principally the Arabian Peninsula.
The Arab presence in the Levant before the Muslim conquest primarily consisted of Bedouin tribes inhabiting borderlands and desert regions, while the cultivated inner areas were mainly populated by Christians, Jews, and Samaritans.[1] Following the rise of the Rashidun Caliphate after Muhammad's death in 632 CE, Muslims quickly expanded their control over the Levant,[2] resulting in the settlement of Arabian Muslims in urban areas.[3]
- ^ Gil 1997, p. 15.
- ^ Theodoropoulos 2020, p. 271.
- ^ Donner 2014, p. 247.