- The
Mardaites (Medieval Gr****: Μαρδαΐται) or al-Jarajima (Syriac: ܡܪ̈ܕܝܐ; Arabic: ٱلْجَرَاجِمَة/ALA-LC: al-Jarājimah) were
early Christians following...
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Bandar (or
Theodore in some sources)
declared himself king over all of the
Mardaites.
Salih ibn Ali, the
uncle of the
Abbasid caliph,
ambushed Bandar near...
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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...
- the
Lebanese Civil War
named after the
legendary Marada (also
called Mardaites)
warriors of the
early Middle Ages that
fought on the
external edge of...
- 9th-century
Muslim historian al-Baladhuri or used the
Mardaites to
mount pressure on the Muslims:
Mardaite depredations extended throughout Syria, as far south...
- Σταυράκιος ὁ Πλατύς) was a
Byzantine officer who
served as the
katepano of the
Mardaites in the
Cibyrrhaeot Theme in ca. 910.
Staurakios Platys is only mentioned...
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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...
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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...
- of
Saint George, a more well-protected site in the island's interior.
Mardaites were
resettled in
Cephalonia to
serve as marines, and
political prisoners...
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parts of the
mountain range. In the late 8th
century a
group known as the
Mardaites (also Jarajima)
settled in
North Lebanon following the
order of the Byzantine...
