Definition of Phylarch. Meaning of Phylarch. Synonyms of Phylarch

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Definition of Phylarch

Phylarch
Phylarch Phy"larch, n. [L. phylarchus, Gr. ?. See Phyle, and -arch.] (Gr. Antiq.) The chief of a phyle, or tribe.

Meaning of Phylarch from wikipedia

- A phylarch (Gr****: φύλαρχος, Latin: phylarchus) is a Gr**** title meaning "ruler of a tribe", from phyle, "tribe" + archein "to rule". In classical Athens...
- (Imperial Aramaic: 𐡉𐡌𐡋𐡊𐡅, romanized: Yamlīḵū; died 31 BC) was one of the phylarchs, or petty princes of the Arab tribe of the Emesenes in Emesa (now Homs...
- Bedouin raiders. They were ardent Christians and at least one of their phylarchs and kings, Dawud, built a Christian monastery, Deir Dawud. The Salihid...
- one phylarch to it. This text gives the phylarchs their correct rank in the Byzantine system of honors (clarissimus). In contrast to the phylarch of Arabia...
- Jabala ibn al-Ayham (Arabic: جبلة بن الأيهم) was the last ruler, or phylarch, of the Gh****anid dynasty in Syria in the 7th century. He commanded Arab Christian...
- Arabs. In response to the loss of Syria, the Byzantines developed the phylarch system of using Armenian and Arab Christian auxiliaries living on the frontier...
- the Lakhmids. In addition, as kings of their own people, they were also phylarchs, native rulers of client frontier states. The capital was at Jabiyah in...
- frontier troops, including Christian Arab light cavalry led by the Gh****anid phylarch Jabala ibn al-Ayham and Armenian auxiliaries led by a certain Georgius...
- the sources, the scholar Irfan Shahîd identifies Jabalah with the Arab phylarch known with the nickname al-Aṣfar (الأصفر), rendered in Gr**** as Tapharas...
- dynasty who lived in the 1st century BC and was a tribal chieftain or Phylarch. The ancestors of Sampsiceramus were Arabs, who settled in the Orontes...