The 1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze, also called the 1585 Ottoman invasion of the Chouf, was an Ottoman military campaign led by Ibrahim Pasha...
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Druze is the third-largest religion in Syria with 2010 results recording that their adherents made up 3.2 percent of the population. The Druze are concentrated...
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Jabal al-Druze or Jabal Druze State. The name comes from the Jabal al-Druze mountain. The Druze state was formed on 1 May 1921 in former Ottoman territory...
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Fatimid Caliphate, Sunni Ottoman Empire, and Egypt Eyalet. The persecution of the Druze included massacres, demolishing Druze prayer houses and holy places...
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The Hauran Druze Rebellion was a violent Druze uprising against Ottoman authority in the Syrian province, which erupted in 1909. The rebellion was led...
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Israeli Druze or Druze Israelis (Arabic: الدروز الإسرائيليون; Hebrew: דְּרוּזִים יִשְׂרְאֵלִים) are an ethnoreligious minority among the Arab citizens...
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Jabal al-Druze (Arabic: جبل الدروز, romanized: jabal al-durūz, lit. 'Mountain of the Druze'), is an elevated volcanic region in the As-Suwayda Governorate...
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Later, the Druze were severely attacked at Saoufar in the 1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze after the Ottomans claimed that the Druze had assaulted...
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Ma'n dynasty (redirect from The Ma'ans)
superior to those of the government troops. The particularly destructive 1585 Ottoman expedition against the Druze prompted the Ma'nid emir Qurqumaz ibn...
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1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus (redirect from 1860 strife between Druze and Maronites in Lebanon)
during Ottoman rule in 1860–1861 fought mainly between the local Druze and Christians. Following decisive Druze victories and massacres against the Christians...
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The Druze power struggle of 1658–1667 was a violent tribal dispute during Ottoman rule in the Levant. The conflict erupted between rebel and pro-Ottoman...
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The 1838 Druze revolt was a Druze uprising in Syria against the authority of Ibrahim Pasha and effectively against the Egypt Eyalet under Muhammad Ali...
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Epistles of Wisdom (redirect from Druze Cannon)
teachers of the Druze faith native to the Levant, which has currently close to a million practitioners. The text revolves around the acknowledgement and...
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Druze in Jordan refers to adherents of the Druze faith, an ethnoreligious esoteric group originating from the Near East who self identify as unitarians...
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Seven pillars of Ismailism (redirect from Seven Pillars of Islam (Druze))
The Ismā'īlī Shi'a (the Nizari, Druze, and Mustaali) have more pillars than those of the Sunni. The Shahadah (profession of faith) is not considered a...
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Jethro (biblical figure) (category Prophets in the Druze faith)
said to come from Midian. For the Druze, Shuayb is considered the most important prophet, and the ancestor of all Druze. Jethro is called a priest of...
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Christianity and Druze are Abrahamic religions that share a historical traditional connection with some major theological differences. The two faiths share...
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Shuaib (category Prophets in the Druze faith)
[ʃuʕajb]; meaning: "who shows the right path") is an ancient Midianite Prophet in Islam, and the most revered prophet in the Druze faith. Shuayb is traditionally...
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Sultan al-Atrash (category Syrian Druze people)
famous Druze family of Al-Atrash, which had nominally governed the region since 1879. His father Zuqan led a fierce battle against the Ottomans near Al-Kefr...
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Hamza ibn Ali (category Druze religious leaders)
was an 11th-century Persian Ismai'li missionary and founding leader of the Druze. He was born in Zuzan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia (modern...
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Alam al-Din dynasty (category Druze people from the Ottoman Empire)
defected to the Ottomans during their 1585 expedition against Qurqumaz Ma'n and his Druze warriors. The preeminent chieftain of the Jurd in the early 17th...
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Emirate of Mount Lebanon (redirect from Druze Emirate)
prominent Druze tribal leader at the end of the 16th century, was given leeway by the Ottomans to subdue other provincial leaderships in Ottoman Syria on...
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Jumblatt family (category Lebanese Druze people)
a Druze political dynasty. The current head of the family is veteran politician Walid Jumblatt, the son and successor of Kamal Jumblatt, one of the most...
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The People of Monotheism may translate several Arabic terms: Ahl al-Tawḥīd (Arabic: أهل التوحيد), a name the Druze use for themselves. Literally, "The...
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Nabi Shu'ayb (category Druze holy places)
important religious site in the Druze religion. A Druze religious festival takes place in the shrine every year in April. The Prophet Shuayb was an object...
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Israeli Druze. The list is ordered by category of human endeavor. Persons with significant contributions in two fields are listed in both of the pertinent...
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romanized: Ziyāra) is the Druze pilgrimage observed annually between 25 and 28 April at the Shrine of Shu'ayb, the shrine which Druzians believe contains the purported...
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Hasbaya (category Druze communities in Lebanon)
the influence of the American mission in Beirut. During the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon, Hasbaya was one of several towns attacked by Druze,...
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Sheikh al-Karama Forces (category Druze in Syria)
The Sheikh al-Karama Forces was an armed group based in the As-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria, composed of Druze locals, the group was led by two...
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Jaysh al-Muwahhidin (category Druze militant groups)
The Jaysh al-Muwahhidin (Arabic: جيش الموحدين, romanized: Jaysh al-Muwaḥḥidīn, lit. 'Army of Monotheists') was a Druze militia in the Syrian civil war...
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