Jabbiyah

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Jabiya (Jābiyah جابِيَه) was the seat of governance of the Ghassan.  It was located somewhere in the Golan in modern Syria.  The city has disappeared completely without leaving any trace.  First mention of the city is in a letter written by Simeon of Beth–Arshām in the 520s.  See: ¹

Further Reading

Irfan Shaid, Byzantium and the Arabs in the sixth century Part 2 Volume II (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 2002), 96 – 104.

https://historyofislam.org/pre-islamic-arab-politics

Endnotes

1.   Irfan Shahîd, The Martyrs of Najran: New Documents, (Bruxellles: Société Des Bollandistes, 1971), 63.