- 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...
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Bedouin raiders. They were
ardent Christians and at
least one of
their phylarchs and kings, Dawud,
built a
Christian monastery, Deir Dawud. The Salihid...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Byzantium. In 529,
Emperor Justinian appointed al-Harith ibn
Jabalah as
Phylarch,
making him the
leader of all Arab
tribes and
bestowing upon him the title...
-
brother of Abu
Karab (Abocharabus),
phylarch of
Palaestina Salutaris. He
became ruler of the Gh****anids and
phylarch of
Arabia Petraea and
Palaestina Secunda...
