Marj Dabiq

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battle geographical region historical battlefield plain town

Marj Dabiq is a plain in northern Syria historically known as the site of major Ottoman-Mamluk battles and often associated with apocalyptic Islamic traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dabiq 3
Marj Dabiq canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
historical battlefield ⓘ
plain ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWith Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marj Dabiq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Selim I NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadiths about end-times battles ⓘ
citedAs turning point in Middle Eastern history ⓘ
combatant Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Selim I NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence Ottoman control over Syria ⓘ
decline of the Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
date 1516 ⓘ
hasClimate semi-arid Mediterranean ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Marj Dabiq NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Ottoman–Mamluk era NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse staging ground for armies ⓘ
knownFor association with Islamic apocalyptic traditions ⓘ
site of major Ottoman–Mamluk battle ⓘ
strategic location between Anatolia and Syria ⓘ
languageOfToponym Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Marj Dabiq NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear town of Dabiq NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Aleppo NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Islamic eschatological traditions ⓘ
nearbySettlement Dabiq NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Aleppo Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman–Mamluk wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
historical Bilad al-Sham NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousSignificance linked to apocalyptic narratives in Islam ⓘ
result Ottoman victory ⓘ
strategicImportance control point on routes to Aleppo ⓘ
gateway between Anatolia and the Levant ⓘ
terrainType flat plain ⓘ
toponymMeaning Meadow of Dabiq NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor agriculture ⓘ
military campaigns ⓘ
usedIn modern historical studies of Ottoman expansion ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of Marj Dabiq → location → Marj Dabiq ⓘ
Operation Euphrates Shield → location → Marj Dabiq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dabiq
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik → deathPlace → Marj Dabiq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dabiq
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik → burialPlace → Marj Dabiq ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dabiq