Ghassanids

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Arab kingdom Byzantine client kingdom Christian dynasty client state

The Ghassanids were an Arab Christian client kingdom of the Byzantine Empire that served as a frontier buffer state and military ally against rival powers in the Near East.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Ghassan 1
Ghassanid Arab Christian allies 1
Ghassanid Kingdom 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab kingdom ⓘ
Byzantine client kingdom ⓘ
Christian dynasty ⓘ
client state ⓘ
alliedWith Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Jabiya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jabiyah in the Golan Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ
clientOf Byzantine Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith Lakhmid kingdom of al-Hira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sasanian-allied Arab tribes ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
convertedTo Christianity before Islam ⓘ
culturalSphere Byzantine cultural sphere ⓘ
Syriac Christian culture ⓘ
declineCause Muslim conquests NERFINISHED ⓘ
weakening of Byzantine authority in the Near East ⓘ
dynasticHouse Jafnid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 7th century ⓘ
ethnicity Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ
floruit 6th century ⓘ
foundedBy Jafna ibn ‘Amr NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra Late Antiquity NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor acting as intermediaries between Byzantines and Arab tribes ⓘ
patronage of Monophysite clergy ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
migratedFrom Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryFunction cavalry support for Byzantine armies ⓘ
notableRuler al-Harith ibn Jabala NERFINISHED ⓘ
al-Mundhir ibn al-Harith NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed Lakhmids NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
origin South Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus foederati of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
region Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Miaphysite Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
role leaders of Arab Christian tribes ⓘ
protectors of Byzantine eastern frontier ⓘ
servedAs frontier buffer state ⓘ
military ally of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
startTime 3rd century ⓘ
4th century ⓘ
titleOfRuler king ⓘ
phylarch ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Mu'tah → belligerent → Ghassanids ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghassanid Arab Christian allies
Iberian War → belligerent → Ghassanids ⓘ
Muslim conquest of the Levant → belligerent → Ghassanids ⓘ
Muslim conquest of the Levant → conflictWith → Ghassanids ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghassanid Kingdom
Ghassan Kanafani → givenName → Ghassanids ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ghassan