- The
Mardaites (Medieval Gr****: Μαρδαΐται) or al-Jarajima (Syriac: ܡܪ̈ܕܝܐ; Arabic: ٱلْجَرَاجِمَة/ALA-LC: al-Jarājimah) were
early Christians following...
-
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...
- historians,
after the
conquest of the
Levant by the Arab Caliphate, the
Mardaites,
Christians following either Miaphysitism or Monothelitism,
gained a semi-independent...
-
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...
- 9th-century
Muslim historian al-Baladhuri or used the
Mardaites to
mount pressure on the Muslims:
Mardaite depredations extended throughout Syria, as far south...
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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...
- 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...
-
mentions al-Lādhiqīyah as
belonging to the
district of Hims (Homs). The
Mardaites controlled the
region from
Jebel Aqra to
northern Palestine, including...
- 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...
- of the
destruction of his
fleet or the Byzantines'
deployment of the
Mardaites in the
Syrian littoral during that time. A thirty-year
treaty was concluded...
