Editing Jerash (section)

===Umayyad period===
The city flourished during the [[Umayyad Caliphate]]. It had numerous shops and issued coins with the mint named "Jerash" in Arabic. It was also a centre for ceramic manufacture; molded ceramic lamps had Arabic inscriptions that showed the potter's name and Jerash as the place of manufacture. The large mosque and several churches that continued to be used as places of worship, indicated that during the Umayyad period Jerash had a sizable Muslim community that co-existed with the Christians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discoverislamicart.org/database_item.php?id=monument;ISL;jo;Mon01;14;en|title=Jarash (Gerasa) in Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers, 2017|last=Bisheh|first=Ghazi|date=2017|website=www.discoverislamicart.org}}</ref> In 749, a devastating earthquake destroyed much of Jerash and its surroundings.