Al-Ḥārith ibn Jabalah | king of Ghassān | Britannica (original) (raw)

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Ghassanid dynasty

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  The Ghassanid king al-Ḥārith ibn Jabalah (reigned 529–569) supported the Byzantines against Sasanian Persia and was given the title patricius in 529 by the emperor Justinian. Al-Ḥārith was a miaphysite Christian; he helped to revive the miaphysite Syrian church and supported miaphysite development despite the disapproval of Orthodox…
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history of Arabia

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  In history of Arabia: Ghasn
  …member, al-Ḥārith ibn Jabalah (Greek: Aretas), flourished in mid-century. The last three phylarchs fell out with Orthodox Byzantium because of their miaphysite creed; in 614 the power of Ghassān was destroyed by a Persian invasion.
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