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Saleh bin Mirdas

T: [419 5 / 1029

The Levant was inhabited before the establishment of the Islamic conquests, by a number of Arab tribes, most of which were in the seventh century - according to the Arab genealogists - of Yemeni origin, and the Kalb tribe was at the head of these tribes and Kalb settled around Damascus and in the south of the Levant. The Islamic conquests and their impact came to the Levant New tribes settled, some of them in the north of the Levant, and the majority of the tribes that settled in the north were of Qaysi origin, and among the most famous of these tribes was the Kilab and Ma’a tribe. The Battle of Marj Rahat, and Yemen won this epic, and Qais was defeated, and this battle resulted

There were many results, the most important of which was that it divided the Levant into two parts: a northern one inhabited by the Qais tribes, especially Kallab, and controlled by it, and a southern one inhabited by the Yemeni tribes, especially Kalb, and controlled by it. The dividing line between the two houses, an imaginary point

It was often at Al-Rastan on the Orontes River. Thus, the history of the Levant in Islam revolved around two axes, one hundred and thirty-eighth early
It was stationed in the north and took passage from the city of Aleppo, and another settled in the south, Damascus. It is noticeable that when the Abbasid caliphate began to disintegrate, and independent attempts appeared in many Islamic countries, this happened in the Levant, and dogs tried to be alone in Aleppo, but that was aborted prematurely when Saif al-Dawla al-Hamdani entered this city and succeeded in establishing the Hamdanid rule in the Levant. During his rule, Saif al-Dawla faced opposition from the dogs.

And Kilab al-Sham had received at the beginning of the fourth century AH a large number of Kilabian immigrants who came from the peninsula with the Qarmatian movements and perhaps because of it, and thus the situation of Kilab was strengthened and its strength increased. The fourth at the hands of Saleh bin Mirdas.

In the year 1008/399 AD, Salih bin Mirdas al-Kilabi seized the town of al-Rahba. At that time, al-Rahba was of great importance, due to its location on the Euphrates. The Bedouin clans, who occupied the greatest roles in making the political history of Sham before the twelfth century AD, established al-Rahba as the first station for nomadic immigrants to Syria. Bin Mirdas.

Al-Rahba maintained its position until the end of the eleventh century (AD).
It was important because the city of Mosul came to it, and Mosul before this date was always involved in the political and other problems of Iraq, and it rarely occupied a role in the Levant. Therefore, Mosul was their first stop on their way to the Levant and the Jazira, as the invasion took control of it, and the connection between Mosul and Iraq gradually eased, and Mosul became part of the Levant, and I got involved in its problems, and the seizure of Mosul became the first and essential step towards controlling the north of the Levant. This can be seen in the history of The Aqili state, and more clearly in the history of the Atabeg state during the Crusades. After Saleh bin Mirdas occupied Al-Rahba, he looked towards Aleppo, which was ruled by the remnants of the Hamdanid state, and he got involved in a great struggle for it. During this conflict, Saleh was captured and imprisoned in Aleppo Citadel, and I wanted to assassinate him there. He was characterized by rare audacity and courage, and that was a very exciting adventure. After escaping from prison, Saleh bin Mirdas mobilized his Kilabi forces, and in 1025/5415 AD he was able to occupy the city of Aleppo, where he established the rule of his Mirdasid family. Salih's ambitions did not stop at the borders of the north of the Levant, but rather he wrested some parts of the Levantine coast from the Fatimids, and made an alliance between it and the tribes of Tai' and Kalb, in order to establish three Arab states
In the Levant, and to expel the Fatimids to Egypt, and Ibn Mirdas achieved great successes in this goal, and he remained frozen in this path until he was killed in the Jordan Valley in the year 419 1029/5 AD, but his death.
The state he established did not cease to exist, as his children retained the rule of Aleppo after him, and thus the Mirdasid family was the second Arab family to rule Aleppo.

Independent in Islam and during the era of this state, the Arab culture or civilization made great strides. Under this state lived Al-Ma'arri, the philosopher of Al-Maarrah, Ibn Abi Husayna the poet, Ibn Batlan the doctor and many other notables.