Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500 - Paperbackby Guy Le Strange (Author) Originally published in 1890 and translated from "the works of the medieval Arab geographers," Palestine under the Moslems is a collection of historical and geographical Islamic writings on Syria and Palestine. Palestine is known as the Holy Land with a religious focus on both Judaism and Christianity, but it also holds a position of high importance in Islam, which these writings demonstrate. Presented in two parts, Part I