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Fall of Jerusalem (614)

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Persian capture of Jerusalem in 614 and removal of the True Cross; echoed in Qur'an 30:2-5.

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Extract is from the broader Wikipedia page "Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem", not about this record specifically

The Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem in early 614 was a significant development in the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628. It was the result of a major offensive by the Sasanian Empire across the Fertile Crescent, culminating in the annexation of Jerusalem and Palaestina Prima as a whole. The Sasanian advance had been bolstered by the timely outbreak of the Jewish revolt against Heraclius, owing to decades of persecution of Jews and Samaritans by the Byzantine Empire, although the Heraclian dynasty itself had only been in power for four years.

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