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    Maarat al-Numan (Arabic: مَعَرَّةُ النُّعْمَانِ, romanized: Maʿarrat an-Nuʿmān), also known as al-Ma'arra, is a city in northwestern Syria, 33 km (21 mi)...
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    Ma'arrat Nu'man District (Arabic: مِنْطَقَة مَعَرَّةُ نُعْمَانِ, romanized: Manṭiqat Maʿarrat Nuʿmān) is a district of the Idlib Governorate in northwestern...
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    time according to Nasser Rabbat. Born in the city of al-Ma'arra (present-day Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Syria) during the later Abbasid era, he became blind...
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    Maarrat al-Numan Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية مركز معرة النعمان) is a Syrian nahiyah (subdistrict) located in Maarat al-Numan District in Idlib. According...
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  • Division headquarters located in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man was overrun in a nighttime attack by a joint Al-Nusra Front and Jund al-Asqa assault force. Two Division...
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    Northwestern Syria offensive (December 2019–March 2020) (category Military operations of the Syrian civil war involving Tahrir al-Sham)
    government helicopter barrel bomb attacks on Jarjnaz and al-Ghadfah, as well as bombing of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man. 80 people were reported killed on both sides on...
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    tax farms in Homs, Hama and Ma'arrat al-Nu'man. In an article written by a member of the family, Professor Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, the introductory author...
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  • 2020. It stated the following: In parts of southern Idlib, including Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, pro-government forces persistently shelled civilian infrastructure...
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  • al-Nu'man, Ottoman Syria, Asad was the grandson of Ibrahim al-'Azm, "a rural notable possibly of Turkish stock", who was sent to Ma'arrat al-Nu'man to...
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  • incidents involving the bombing of civilian areas. The first was the Ma'arrat al-Numan market bombing on 22 July 2019. At least two Russian planes had...
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  • Ma'arrat Misrin (Arabic: مَعَرَّةُ مِصْرِينَ, romanized: Maʿarrat Miṣrīn, also spelled Ma'arrat Masrin or Ma'aret Masreen) is a small city in northwestern...
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  • Sulayman Pasha al-Azm was the son of Ibrahim al-'Azm, "a rural notable possibly of Turkish stock", who was sent to Ma'arrat al-Nu'man to restore order...
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    The siege of Ma'arra occurred in late 1098 in the city of Ma'arrat Nu'man, in what is modern-day Syria, during the First Crusade. It is infamous for the...
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  • According to the medieval Arabic geographers, the city of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man was named in honor of Nu'man. Zettersteen 1995, p. 118. Wellhausen 1927, p. 100...
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  • (local commander) of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man and steadily moved up the ranks to become the governor of the districts of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Hama and Homs in 1719...
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  • an-Nu'man or al-Nu'man. Alternatives spellings include Noman, Nouman, Noumaan, and Numan.It may refer to: seven of the Ghassanid Kings (327-ca. 600) Al-Nu'man...
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    settlements include Abu al-Duhur, Al Hamdaniyah, Ariha, Harem, Jisr al-Shughur, Kafrsajna, Khan Shaykhun, Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Salqin, Saraqib and Taftanaz...
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  • Al-Dana, Maarrat al-Nu'man (Arabic: الدانا) is a Syrian village located in Maarrat al-Nu'man Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to...
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  • Tell Mannas (category Populated places in Maarat al-Numan District)
    caliph al-Mutawakkil when he visited the area in 858. It was described by local geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi as a fortress near Ma'arrat al-Nu'man. In 1079...
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    Al-Taman'ah Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية التمانعة) is a Syrian nahiyah (subdistrict) located in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man District in Idlib. According to the Syria...
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    Alexandretta, Hama, Shaizar, Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, Samosata, Jusiya, Wadi Butnan, Rafaniyya, Lajjun, Mar'ash, Qinnasrin, al-Tinat (possibly ancient Issus)...
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  • age of 37, in the village of Dayr Sim'an (also called Dayr al-Naqira) near Ma'arrat al-Nu'man. Her husband was succeeded by her half brother Yazid II, cousin...
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  • (Arabic: الحراكي) is a Syrian village located in Maarrat al-Nu'man Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of...
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    (Arabic: ناحية كفرنبل) is a Syrian nahiyah (subdistrict) located in Ma'arrat al-Nu'man District in Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics...
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    districts: Ashrafiyah (the most populous), Hittin, Hejaz, Downtown, Hurriyah, and al-Qusour. The Ebla tablets (2350 BC) mention the city of 𒁺𒄷𒆷𒇥𒌝 (du-ḫu-la-bu6-um...
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    the Maṭkh swamp, al-Hass mountain and mount Shabīth. Areas directly on the borders of the chora such as al-Ghab, al-Rouge plain and al-Jabbul have close...
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  • the United States. Air raids by the government forces targeted the Ma'arrat al-Nu'man District which resulted in more than 20 killed. In the same week,...
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  • Raffa, Syria (category Populated places in Maarat al-Numan District)
    Raffa (Arabic: الرفة) is a Syrian village located in Al-Tamanah Nahiyah in Maarrat al-Nu'man District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of...
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  • between Khanasir and Hass Mountain, Jabal al-Summaq, and Ma'arrat Misrin, and the Tanukh of Ma'arrat al-Nu'man. The bulk of these tribes had largely abandoned...
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  • Abū al-ʻAlāʾ al-Maʻarrī, 9., Margoliouth, D. S. (David Samuel)., Dhahabī, M. ibn Aḥmad. (1898). The letters of Abu ľ-ʻAlā of Maʻarrat al-Nuʻmān Archived...
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