Beit Guvrin, Israel
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Beit Guvrin is a kibbutz in the Lakhish region, west of the ancient city of Beit Guvrin, for which it is named. Located 14 kilometres east of Kiryat Gat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Yoav Region
Beit Guvrin
View of Kibbutz Beit Guvrin from police station. 1949
Tamim al-Dari
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Tamīm ibn Aws al-Dārī was an Arab Christian from Palestine and companion of Muhammad and an early convert from Christianity to Islam. In Islamic eschatology he is known for encountering Dajjal during
Beit Guvrin, Israel
…ruins of a Crusader castle. The area is surrounded by many Islamic shrines (maqam) like Nabi Jibrin, Sheikh Mahmoud, etc., but the holiest of them is Maqam Tamim al-Dari dedicated to a companion of Muhammad who had control over the Hebron district which included the Cave of the Patriarchs. Today all the Muslim shrines…
Maqam of Sheikh Tamim, traditionally taken to be Tamim al-Dari, by Bayt Jibrin