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known as Beit
Gubrin (or Guvrin). To the Crusaders, it was
known as
Bethgibelin or Gibelin.
Another name in
medieval times may have been Beit Jibril...
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original text
related to this article:
Charter for the
settlement of
Bethgibelin, 1168
Sovereign Military Order of
Malta official website Rare Histoire...
- by the
Romans in 200 CE. It was
later the site of a
Frankish colony, "
Bethgibelin",
before becoming better known by its
Arabic moniker "Bayt Jibrin" following...
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After the battle, the
Hospitaller castles of Belmont, Belvoir, and
Bethgibelin fell to
Muslim armies.
Following these losses, the
Order focused its...
- ****uming a more
militant role is
related to the
Crusader castle built at
Bethgibelin,
erected by Fulk of
Jerusalem in 1135 as part of a
string of fortifications...
- candidate,
Raymond of Poitiers,
marries Constance in Antioch. Fulk
gives Bethgibelin to the Hospitallers. The
grant shows the
militarization of the order...
- remains, in
proper chronology: Maresha, Beit Guvrin, Eleutheropolis,
Bethgibelin, Bayt Jibrin,
Kibbutz Beit
Guvrin and Beit
Guvrin National Park. Bayt...
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transcribed as Beit
Gubrin (or Guvrin). The
Crusaders referred to it as
Bethgibelin or
simply Gibelin. Its
Arabic name Beit
Jibrin ("house of the powerful")...
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insects and disease. In 1136, at the time of the Crusades, the
fortress of
Bethgibelin and ten
villages in the area
around Hebron were
granted to the Order...
