Editing Haifa (section)

===Early Muslim Haifa===
Following the Arab conquest in the 7th century, ''Haifa'' was used to refer to a site established on Tel Shikmona upon what were already the ruins of Sycaminon (Shiqmona).<ref name=Sharon /> Haifa (or Haifah) is mentioned by the mid-11th-century Persian chronicler [[Nasir Khusraw]], and the 12th- and 13th-century Arab chroniclers, [[Muhammad al-Idrisi]] and [[Yaqut al-Hamawi]].<ref name=Strange /> [[Nasir-i-Khusrau]] visited in 1047; he noted that "Haifa lies on the seashore, and there are here palm-gardens and trees in numbers. There are in this town shipbuilders, who build very large craft."<ref>{{cite book |author=Nasir-i-Khusrau |author-link=Nasir Khusraw |title=Vol IV. A journey through Syria and Palestine. By Nasir-i-Khusrau [1047 A.D.]. The pilgrimage of Saewulf to Jerusalem. The pilgrimage of the Russian abbot Daniel. |editor=Le Strange, Guy |editor-link=Guy Le Strange |translator=Guy Le Strange |publisher=[[Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society]] |location=London |year=1897 |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028534281 |pages=[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028534281#page/n48/mode/1up 19]-[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028534281/page/n49/mode/1up?view=theater 20]}}</ref>