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    Al-Rahba (/ALA-LC: al-Raḥba, sometimes spelled Raḥabah), also known as Qal'at al-Rahba, which translates as the "Citadel of al-Rahba", is a medieval Arab...
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    The Siege of Al-Rahba was a military engagement between the invading Ilkhanate Mongols and the Mamluk Al-Rahba garrison. It was the last military engagement...
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    launched his career in 1008, when he seized the Euphrates river fortress of al-Rahba. In 1012, he was imprisoned and tortured by the emir of Aleppo, Mansur...
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  • Mayadin (redirect from Al Mayadin)
    is a ruined fortress known as "Qal'at al-Rahba". The original settlement eventually became known as "Mashhad Rahba". The latter was located at the present...
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    based in the area of Qinnasrin. Salih had captured the fortress town of al-Rahba, situated along the Euphrates River, at the strategic crossroads between...
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  • emirate in Aleppo, he had been the Mirdasid emir of al-Rahba from 1060. He continued as the emir of al-Rahba and the eastern portion of the Mirdasid realm after...
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    Raqqa (redirect from Al Rakka)
    now continuing anti-Seljuk operations from his new base at al-Rahba nearby. In October 1057, al-Basasiri went north up the Euphrates towards Balis and on...
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    Pegging World Cup was organised by the Oman Equestrian Federation (OEF) at Al Rahba Farm, Barka, Oman from 31 March to 4 April 2014. The participant countries...
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  • territories: Muhammad ibn Shirkuh in Homs, Palmyra, and al-Rahba; Shihab al-Din al-Harimi over Hama and Ibn al-Muqaddam in Baalbek. Gökböri himself defected to...
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    officially known as Al-Asakir al-Masria (Egyptian Arabic: العساكر المصرية, lit. 'Egyptian troops', Coptic: Ⲛⲉⲛⲁⲗⲁⲥⲱϯ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ) or Al-Askar al-Masri (Egyptian...
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  • (1271) Siege of Al-Bira (1272) – Mongol invasions of the Levant Siege of Al-Rahba (1272) – Mongol invasions of the Levant Siege of Al-Bira (1275) – Mongol...
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    Kufa, Maraghah (or "The Diversified"), Barkaid, Ma'arrah, Alexandria, Al-Rahba 11-20 "Encounter at Saweh", Damascus, Baghdad, Mecca, "Encounter called...
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    the Emirates, it stretches from the Al Batha border crossing at the Saudi Arabia–UAE border in al-Silah in the al-Dhafra region of the Emirate of Abu...
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    and C; Khalifa City Al Raha Beach; Al Bahia City A, B, and C; Al Shahama; Al Rahba; Between Two Bridges; Baniyas; Shamkha; Al Wathba and Mussafah Residential...
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    World Heritage in Danger List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States Al-Rahba Warwick Ball, Syria: A Historical and Architectural Guide, 1994. ISBN 1-56656-665-7...
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  • al-Halabi, the emir of Bosra. They left Baldwin's side and moved to Bosra which was surrendered to Toghtekin in 1106. Irtash then moved to al-Rahba,...
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    the persuasion of the Taghlibi governor of Diyar Rabi'a and founder of al-Rahba, Malik ibn Tawk. Several Taghlibi tribesmen were appointed governors of...
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    27 acres of land. The site is located at Abu Mureikhah, which is near Al Rahba off the Dubai–Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Highway. For the construction, tonnes...
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  • reigns of caliphs al-Wathiq (r. 842–847) and al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861). He is best known as the founder of the fortress town of al-Rahba on the western...
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    Margat (redirect from Al-Marqab)
    Margat, also known as Marqab (Arabic: قلعة المرقب, romanized: Qalʻat al-Marqab, lit. 'Castle of the Watchtower'), is a castle near Baniyas, Syria, which...
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  • western bank of the Euphrates, to Tayma. This expanse excluded the area of al-Rahba and largely straddled the southern Syrian and northern Hejazi diyar of...
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    Chevaliers (French: [kʁak de ʃ(ə)valje]; Arabic: قلعة الحصن, romanized: Qalʿat al-Ḥiṣn, Arabic: [ˈqalʕat alˈħisˤn]; Old French: Crac des Chevaliers or Crac...
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    disappeared during the French Mandate when it was destroyed. Saladin's son, al-Zahir al-Ghazi, ruled Aleppo between 1193 CE and 1215 CE. During this time, the...
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    The Ayyubid dynasty (Arabic: الأيوبيون al-Ayyūbīyūn; Kurdish: ئەیووبیەکان Eyûbiyan), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the...
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    Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi (Arabic: قصر الحير الغربي) is a Syrian desert castle or qasr located 80 km south-west of Palmyra on the Damascus road. The castle...
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    behalf of the Banu Munqidh of Shaizar, and was later refortified by Rashid al-Din Sinan. Masyaf and the surrounding town functioned as the capital of a...
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  • near the Euphrates, the quake destroyed the predecessor of the citadel al-Rahba, subsequently rebuilt on the same strategic site. The earthquake also affected...
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  • the caliph. In 1056, Thimal was pressured to cede al-Rahba to the Turkish rebel al-Basasiri and al-Raqqa to the Numayrids of Harran, angering the Kilab...
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  • Bani Shibban, Al Rahba, Al Sileel, Al Jamea, Hisn Al Hawashim, Al Rughah, Hala Al Awasim, Al Nahda, Al Alaya, Al Qalaa, Al Sha'abiyah, Al Samirat, Harat...
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  • Mesopotamian) half of the emirate from his seat in al-Rahba. When Nasr was slain by the Fatimid army of Anushtakin al-Dizbari in 1038, Thimal took control of Aleppo...
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