Finally Jericho entered into the rule of the Arab who occupied these countries in the seventh century A.D. In the dawn of Islam Jericho became the main city in the Ghaur inhabited by a folk from Qais, as well as a group from Quraish. During the time of the Prophet, may peace and prayer be upon him, he drove the Jews out of Madinah because of their tyranny, and they left for Syria, Adhru'at and Jericho. 'Umar-Ibn-UL-Khattab may God be satisfied with him - expelled the last of them in his reign from Hijaz to Taima' and Jericho.