Tanukhids

Tanukh
تنوخ
196 AD–1100 AD
CapitalQinnasrin (main base)
Common languagesArabic
Religion
Arab Paganism, Christianity, Islam, Druze faith[1]
Demonym(s)Tanukhi
GovernmentChiefdom
Chief/King 
• 196–231 AD
Malik ibn Fahm
• 233–268 AD
Jadhima ibn Malik
• Until 375 AD
al-Hawari
• 375–425 AD
Queen Mavia
Historical eraClassical Age to the Early Middle Ages
• Established
196 AD
• Conversion to Christianity
3rd or 4th century
• Revolt of Queen Mavia
378 AD
• Conversion to Islam
8th century
1096–1099 AD
• Disestablished
1100 AD
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Arabia Petraea
Roman Syria
Salihids
Lakhmids

The Tanûkhids (Arabic: التنوخيون), Tanukh (Arabic: تنوخ, romanizedTanūḫ), or Banū Tanūkh (بنو تنوخ, romanized as: Banū Tanūḫ) were a confederation of Arab tribes, sometimes characterized as Saracens. They first rose to prominence in northern Arabia and southern Syria in the 2nd century CE. Both Lakhmid and Tanukhid inscriptions have been found at Umm el-Jimal in Jordan and Namara in Syria. The ancient Tanukh tribal confederation was largely taken over by several branches of the large Azd and Quda'a tribes. Their main base during the time of their most famous ruler, Queen Mavia, was in Aleppo.[2] During the 8th and 9th centuries, the Tanukhid strongholds were the cities of Qinnasrin and Maarat al-Numan.

  1. ^ Abu Izzedin, Nejla M. (1993) [1984]. The Druzes: A New Study of Their History, Faith, and Society (2nd ed.). Leiden and New York: Brill. p. 127. ISBN 90-04-09705-8.
  2. ^ Ball, Warwick (2001), Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-11376-8 p. 98-102

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