Dabiq
| Dabiq دابق | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Dabiq | |
| Coordinates: 36°32′23.2″N 37°16′10.4″E / 36.539778°N 37.269556°E | |
| Country |
 Syria |
| Governorate | Aleppo Governorate |
| District | A'zaz District |
| Nahiyah | Akhtarin |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 3,364 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Dabiq (Arabic: دابق) is a town in northern Syria, administratively part of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate, located northeast of Aleppo. Nearby localities include Mare' to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Dabiq had a population of 3,364 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is the site of the decisive battle of Marj Dabiq between the Ottoman Empire and the Mamluk Sultanate in 1516.
History
Jayrud was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village of the 'Azaz District lying 4 leagues from Halab (Aleppo). Near it is a green and pleasant meadow, where the Omayyad troops encamped, when they made the celebrated expedition against Al Massissah, which was to have been continued even to the walls of Constantinople. There is here the tomb of the Khalif Sulaiman ibn 'Abd al Malik, who led the above expedition."[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. Archived at . (Arabic)
- ↑ le Strange, 1890, p. 426.
Bibliography
- le Strange, Guy (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
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