Jayyusi family
Al-Jayyusi (; also spelled ''Jayousi'', ''Jayossi'', ''Jayyousi'', or ''Juyushi'') is a prominent Palestinian business and political clan whose members acted as rulers, local lords, army generals and tax collectors since the 11th century. They were the traditional leaders of the Bani Sa'b subdistrict (''nahiya''), which included their throne villages of Kur and Kafr Sur; Jayyus the village named after the patronymic of the family founder, Fatimid Vizier and Governor of Damascus (Badr al-Din al-Jamali) who was known by his military title Amīr al-Juyūsh (; General of the Armies) where the name 'Juyush-i' was designated to his property, lands and all decedents in Egypt and Palestine. Other Palestinian villages that were considered within the Jayyusi clan's stronghold include Qalqilya, Tayibe, Jinsafut, Kafr Zibad and Kafr Jammal. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: [1994]
Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 12
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Published: 1994
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Published: 2008.
Superior document: Handbook of Oriental studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East, v. 94
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Published: [2022]
Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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