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  • Maarrat al-Numan

  • Maarrat al-Numan

    Maarat al-Numaan, also known as al-Ma?arra, is a city in northwestern Syria. The city, known as Arra to the Greeks, has its present-day name combined of the Greek name and of its first Muslim governor an-Nu‘man ibn Bashir, a companion of Muhammad. In the Crusaders era it was called Marre.
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    Maarrat al-Numan
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Maarrat al-Numan
    by Bernard Gagnon, GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Maarrat al-Numan
    by Bertramz, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Maarrat al-Numan

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    Syria

    Idlib Governorate

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    3rd Century BC

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    Roman + Byzantine + Crusader + Islamic

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