- The
Mardaites (Medieval Gr****: Μαρδαΐται) or al-Jarajima (Syriac: ܡܪ̈ܕܝܐ; Arabic: ٱلْجَرَاجِمَة/ALA-LC: al-Jarājimah) were
early Christians following...
- the region. The
first of
these revolts began in the year 752
under the
Mardaite prince Elias of Baskinta.
Elias battled the
Arabs in many
parts of the...
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pressures from the
Byzantine Empire and
raids into
Syria by the Byzantines'
Mardaite allies compelled him to sign a
peace treaty with
Byzantium in 689 which...
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identify as
descendants of Phoenicians. Some
Maronites argue that they are of
Mardaite ancestry,
while other historians, such as
Clement Joseph David, the Syriac...
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Arabs before Constantinople coincided with the
increased activity of the
Mardaites, a
Christian group living in the
mountains of
Syria that
resisted Muslim...
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Middle Eastern peoples such as the Arameans, Canaanites, Hittites, and
Mardaites. Many
prominent Alawite tribes are also
descended from 13th
century settlers...
- For
several centuries, the
Byzantine navy used the
descendants of the
Mardaites, who were
settled in
southern Anatolia and Greece, as
marines and rowers...
- 9th-century
Muslim historian al-Baladhuri or used the
Mardaites to
mount pressure on the Muslims:
Mardaite depredations extended throughout Syria, as far south...
- 177 and
consisted of 34,200 oarsmen, 7140 soldiers, 700 Rus, and 5089
Mardaite merecenaries. The
expedition set sail from
Constantinople on October, 911...
- Al-Ward."
During the
reign of Al-Walid, Jarjūmah, the
capital of the
Mardaites,
rebelled against the rule of the
Caliph again, as a result,
Maslama bin...
