Arab Jund
Sign in to saveUnder the early Caliphates, a jund (; plural ajnad, أجناد) was a military division, which became applied to the military territory in the conquered lands of the Arabs and, most notably, to the provinces into which Greater Syria (i.e., the Levant) was divided.
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Under the early Caliphates, a jund (; plural ajnad, أجناد) was a military division, which became applied to the military territory in the conquered lands of the Arabs and, most notably, to the provinces into which Greater Syria (i.e., the Levant) was divided.
The term jund later acquired various additional meanings throughout the Muslim world.