Hadath

Al-Ḥadath al-Ḥamrā
Arabic: الحدث الحمراء
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Alternative name	Adata
Location	Turkey
Region	Kahramanmaraş Province
Coordinates	37°42′25″N 37°27′36″E / 37.707°N 37.460°E

Al-Ḥadath al-Ḥamrā' (

Byzantine–Arab Wars

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Location

The town was located at ca. 1000 m altitude on the southern feet of the Taurus-Antitaurus range, near the upper course of the Aksu River in the Gölbaşı district. Its exact location has been lost, and it has been variously identified with locations north or south of Inekli lake.^[1]^[2]

History

Hadath became important in the early Middle Ages due to its strategic location: it was located in the fortified frontier zone, the

Abbasid empires from the Byzantine Empire. The town lay to the southwest of the important Pass of Hadath/Adata (darb al-Ḥadath) which led over the Taurus into Byzantine Anatolia, but was also situated between the two major frontier strongholds of Marash/Germanikeia (mod. Kahramanmaraş) and Malatya/Melitene, and controlled passage from northern Mesopotamia to western Armenia. As such, it became a major base for the frequent Muslim invasions and raids into Byzantine territories, and was often targeted by the Byzantines in return.^[1]^[3]

Asia Minor
, with the major fortresses

It was conquered by the Arabs under
Armeniacs, Nikephoros, learned of this and destroyed the city, burning it to the ground.^[1]^[5]

It was completely rebuilt, refortified and garrisoned by
Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla in 954, only to fall again to the Byzantines under Nikephoros Phokas in 957.^[1]^[2]^[7] The Byzantines razed and destroyed the city, but by 970 it was rebuilt and became the center of a new small theme.^[8]

The town thereafter descended into obscurity. It was captured by the
beylik of Dulkadir.^[1]^[2]

Syriac Orthodox Bishops of Hadath

Main article:
Hadath (West Syrian Diocese)

Hadath was a significant center for the
diocese of Hadath based in the city from the eighth through the twelfth centuries. Fourteen Jacobite bishops of Hadath between the eighth and eleventh centuries are mentioned in the lists of Michael the Syrian.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Ory (1971), pp. 19–20

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Houtsma (1987), p. 187

^ Kaegi (1995), p. 240

^ Treadgold (1997), p. 369

^ Treadgold (1997), p. 419

^ Treadgold (1997), pp. 443, 458

^ Treadgold (1997), pp. 489, 492–493

^ Oikonomides (1972), p. 359

^ Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, iii. 451–82 and 499

Sources

Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor, ed. (1987). "Al-Ḥadath". E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, Volume III. Leiden: BRILL. p. 187.
ISBN 90-04-08265-4
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ISBN 978-0-521-48455-8
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Oikonomidès, Nicolas (1972). Les listes de préséance byzantines des IXe et Xe siècles (in French). Paris.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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Ory, S. (1971). "al-Ḥadath". In
OCLC 495469525
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Todt, Klaus-Peter; Vest, Bernd Andreas (2014). Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 15: Syria (Syria Prōtē, Syria Deutera, Syria Euphratēsia) (in German). Vienna:
ISBN 978-3-7001-7090-7
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ISBN 0-8047-2630-2
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Jean-Baptiste Chabot, Chronique de Michel le Syrien, Patriarche Jacobite d'Antiche (1166-1199). Éditée pour la première fois et traduite en francais I-IV (1899;1901;1905;1910; a supplement to volume I containing an introduction to Michael and his work, corrections, and an index, was published in 1924. Reprinted in four volumes 1963, 2010).

37°42′25″N 37°27′36″E / 37.707°N 37.460°E / 37.707; 37.460

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[EI2-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Ory (1971), pp. 19–20

[EI1-2] Houtsma (1987), p. 187

[3] Kaegi (1995), p. 240

[4] Treadgold (1997), p. 369

[5] Treadgold (1997), p. 419

[6] Treadgold (1997), pp. 443, 458

[7] Treadgold (1997), pp. 489, 492–493

[8] Oikonomides (1972), p. 359

[9] Michael the Syrian, Chronicle, iii. 451–82 and 499

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