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    Cyrenaica (redirect from Barqa)
    and Libya Sicca. During the Islamic period, the area came to be known as Barqa, after the city of Barca. Cyrenaica became an Italian colony in 1911. After...
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    Barqa (Arabic: برقة) was a Palestinian Arab village located 37 km north of Gaza near the modern-day Israeli city of Ashdod. It was referred to as Barka...
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    (Latin), also known as Barke (Greek: Βάρκη, Bárkē), Barka, Barqa, Barqah (Arabic: برقة, Barqa), and Barce (Latin & Italian) was an ancient, medieval, and...
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    province with regional capital at Barqa; first governors uncertain. Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj, c.665–666 — ruled from Barqa Uqba ibn Nafi, 666–674 — conquered...
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  • Zubayrid caliphs. He played a key role in the early Muslim conquests of Egypt, Barqa (Cyrenaica) and Ifriqiya. When the latter province fell to a Byzantine–Berber...
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  • a Greek city in North Africa La Barca (municipality), Jalisco, Mexico Barqa, Gaza Barca (parish), a parish of Portugal Barca d'Alva, village in Portugal...
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  • Beneberak (redirect from Banai-Barqa)
    Benebarak ('Sons of Barak') (Hebrew: בְּנֵי בְּרַק, Bnei Brak) was a biblical city mentioned in the Book of Joshua. According to the biblical account it...
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    Geography Arminiya Bahrayn Barqa Egypt Hejaz Ifriqiya Iraq Sawad Jazira Jibal Khurasan Sindh Syria Awasim Jund al-Urdunn Jund Dimashq Jund Filastin Jund...
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    place it at the sea of Kulzum (the Red Sea) and thus include Egypt and Barqa (Cyrenaica) in the Maghreb. Ibn Khaldun does not accept this definition...
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    Geography Arminiya Bahrayn Barqa Egypt Hejaz Ifriqiya Iraq Sawad Jazira Jibal Khurasan Sindh Syria Awasim Jund al-Urdunn Jund Dimashq Jund Filastin Jund...
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