Jund Hims (or Legion of Emessa) was one of the four military districts of the Caliphate

Caliphate

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 province of Syria

Greater Syria

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. Its capital was Homs

Homs

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, from which the district received its name. Its principal urban centres were Latakia

Latakia

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, Tadmur, Jableh, Kafr Tab, Tarsus

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, Salamiyah

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, Bulunyas and the Fortress of Khawabi.

After the Muslim conquest of Syria

Muslim conquest of Syria

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 in the 7th century, the Rashidun

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 caliph Umar

Umar

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 divided Greater Syria into four districts, in which Jund Hims became the northernmost district. After the ascent of the Umayyad

Umayyad

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 dynasty, it's caliph Muawiyah I

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 separated the northern territories of Jund Hims, establishing Jund Qinnasrin

Jund Qinnasrin

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 out of them. The southern boundary line of Jund Hims laid immediately to the south of Qarah (Karah)

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, while its northern limit lay beyond the village of al-Karashiyyah. Eastward was the town of Tadmur.