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Al-Maqdisi


Maqdisi or Muqaddasi (Arabic: مقدسي‎‎) is an Arabic nisba referring to Palestinian Jerusalemites. The Arabic name for Jerusalem is Al Quds.

Al-Maqdisi (المقدسي) is used as an appellative to refer to a number of people, including:

It is also used in Arabic names for Jerusalem, such as Bayt al-Maqdis ("holy house").


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