Ramallah (Arabic: رام الله (help·info) Rām Allāh) (literally "Height of God") is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank adjacent to al-Bireh with a population nearly 25,500. Ramallah is located 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Jerusalem and currently serves as the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority.
Modern Ramallah was founded in the mid-1500s by the Haddadeens, a tribe of brothers descended from Ghassanid Christia...
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Ramallah (Arabic: رام الله (help·info) Rām Allāh) (literally "Height of God") is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank adjacent to al-Bireh with a population nearly 25,500. Ramallah is located 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of Jerusalem and currently serves as the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority.
Modern Ramallah was founded in the mid-1500s by the Haddadeens, a tribe of brothers descended from Ghassanid Christian Arabs. The Haddadeens, led by Rashed Haddadeen, arrived from east of the Jordan River near what is now the Jordanian town of Shobak. The Haddadeen migration is attributed to fighting and unrest among clans in that area. According to local legend, Rashed's brother Sabri Haddadeen was hosting Emir Ibn Kaysoom, head of a powerful Muslim clan in the region, when Sabri's wife gave birth to a baby girl. According to custom, the Emir proposed a betrothal to his own infant son when they came of age. Sabri believed the proposal was in jest, as...
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