{"slug": "ghassanids", "label": "Ghassanids", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassanids", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q733668", "qid": "Q733668", "description": "Arab kingdom", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [309, 634], "span_label": ["309 CE", "634 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-army", "label": "Byzantine army", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arabian-peninsula", "label": "Arabian Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "euphrates", "label": "Euphrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ctesiphon", "label": "Ctesiphon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maurice-emperor", "label": "Maurice (emperor)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "palestine-region", "label": "Palestine (region)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sasanian-empire", "label": "Sasanian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "looting", "label": "Looting", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jordan-river", "label": "Jordan River", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 309, "year_label": "309 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Hormizd II, ruler of the Sassanid Empire, demands that the king of the Ghassanids pays tribute. After the king refuses, Hormizd invades Ghassanid territory. The Ghassanids seek aid from Maximinus Daza, but before a Roman army can arrive, Hormizd defeats the Ghassanid army and kills their king. A Ghassanid force then ambushes Hormizd's small retinue while the latter is on a hunting trip, and the Sasanian king is mortally wounded. He dies after a 7-year reign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330161246#Persia", "title": "309", "revid": 1330161246, "section": "Events › By place › Persia"}}, {"year": 518, "year_label": "518 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith becomes the king of the Ghassanids. He invades Palestine, but is defeated by a Byzantine army under general (dux) Romanus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754317#Arabia", "title": "518", "revid": 1364754317, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 528, "year_label": "528 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jabalah IV ibn al-Harith, king of the Ghassanids", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340793729#Deaths", "title": "528", "revid": 1340793729, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 529, "year_label": "529 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Harith ibn Jabalah becomes the fifth king of the Ghassanids. He helps the Byzantines to suppress the wide-scale Samaritan Revolt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351343002#Arabia", "title": "529", "revid": 1351343002, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 554, "year_label": "554 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man is defeated and killed by the Ghassanids under al-Harith ibn Jabalah, at the battle of Yawm Halima; 'Amr III ibn al-Mundhir succeeds as king of the Lakhmid kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904137#Asia", "title": "554", "revid": 1364904137, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 569, "year_label": "569 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Mundhir III succeeds his father Al-Harith V and becomes king of the Ghassanids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349645704#Arabia", "title": "569", "revid": 1349645704, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 569, "year_label": "569 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Al-Harith ibn Jabalah, king of the Ghassanids", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349645704#Deaths", "title": "569", "revid": 1349645704, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 581, "year_label": "581 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine–Sasanian War: A Byzantine army commanded by Maurice, and supported by Ghassanid forces under King Al-Mundhir III, fails to capture the Persian capital, Ctesiphon, along the Euphrates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801589#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "581", "revid": 1340801589, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 614, "year_label": "614 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Persians destroy the Ghassanid Kingdom (Arabia), a vassal state of the Byzantine Empire (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752346#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "614", "revid": 1364752346, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – Battle of Mu'tah: The Muslims fail to take the lands east of the Jordan River, and are pushed back near Mu'tah by the Ghassanids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Arabia", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of al-Qaryatayn: The Muslim Arabs under Khalid defeat the Ghassanids at Al-Qaryatayn, after the inhabitants resist his proposals. His army conquers and plunders the city, before proceeding to capture other towns in the area.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Arabia", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Events › By place › Arabia"}}]}