Diyar Mudar
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Diyar Mudar is the medieval Islamic name for the western part of the Al-Jazira region, historically associated with Arab tribal settlements and key frontier cities between the Byzantine and Islamic worlds.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical region
ⓘ
medieval Islamic region ⓘ |
| administrativeType |
military frontier district
ⓘ
province of Al-Jazira ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod | Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Byzantine Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Diyar Bakr NERFINISHED ⓘ Diyar Rabi'a NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Raqqa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Abbasid Caliphate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Arab tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Balis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edessa NERFINISHED ⓘ Harran NERFINISHED ⓘ Qarqisiya NERFINISHED ⓘ Raqqa NERFINISHED ⓘ Saruj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
center of Arab tribal settlement in Al-Jazira
ⓘ
frontier between Byzantine and Islamic worlds ⓘ |
| knownFor |
agricultural plains of Upper Mesopotamia
ⓘ
tribal military recruitment ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Upper Mesopotamia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
western Al-Jazira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Balikh River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ Khabur River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mudar tribe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Al-Jazira
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thughur frontier zone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentIn |
modern Iraq
ⓘ
modern Syria ⓘ modern Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| significantCity |
Edessa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harran NERFINISHED ⓘ Raqqa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Al-Jazira provinces of the Caliphate ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Abbasid period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Umayyad period NERFINISHED ⓘ early Islamic period ⓘ |
| usedBy |
early Islamic geographers
ⓘ
medieval Arab historians ⓘ |
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