{"slug": "mardin", "label": "Mardin", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardin", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188022", "qid": "Q188022", "description": "city in Turkey", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [895, 1915], "span_label": ["895 CE", "1915 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "artuqids", "label": "Artuqids", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antioch", "label": "Antioch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crusader-states", "label": "Crusader states", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hamdanid-dynasty", "label": "Hamdanid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-mu-tadid", "label": "Al-Mu'tadid", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seljuk-empire", "label": "Seljuk Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-georgia", "label": "Kingdom of Georgia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "islamic-calendar", "label": "Islamic calendar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "joscelin-i-of-edessa", "label": "Joscelin I of Edessa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 895, "year_label": "895 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Hamdan ibn Hamdun, a Taghlibi Arab chieftain, is defeated and captured by Caliph Al-Mu'tadid at the fortress of Mardin (near modern Cizre). Hamdan's son Husayn enters Abbasid service, beginning the rise of the Hamdanid Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093921#Arabian_Empire", "title": "895", "revid": 1346093921, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1107, "year_label": "1107 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Joscelin I, lord of Turbessel, is released by Ilghazi (the Artukid ruler of Mardin) for a ransom of 20,000 dinars and the promise of military aid.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266728#Levant", "title": "1107", "revid": 1365266728, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1120, "year_label": "1120 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Baldwin II leads an expedition to Antioch to defend the northern Crusader states. He signs a 1-year truce with Ilghazi, Artuqid ruler of Mardin, securing the possession of Kafartab and other fortresses in Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1298169999#Levant", "title": "1120", "revid": 1298169999, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1121, "year_label": "1121 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Sultan Mahmud II of the Seljuk Empire declares a Holy War on the Kingdom of Georgia. He sends an expedition under Ilghazi, the Artukid ruler of Mardin, to invade the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362154597#Eurasia", "title": "1121", "revid": 1362154597, "section": "Events › By place › Eurasia"}}, {"year": 1122, "year_label": "1122 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Ilghazi, Artuqid ruler of Mardin", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373038979#Deaths", "title": "1122", "revid": 1373038979, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1385, "year_label": "1385 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – (2 Muharram 787 AH) The madrasa (a religious school) of the Emir of Artuqid Empire, Majd al-Din Isa Al-Zahir, is dedicated and the date is placed on an inscription on the wall. The building is now a historic landmark in the city of Mardin, now located in Turkey.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362439687#January–March", "title": "1385", "revid": 1362439687, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1915, "year_label": "1915 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – Friar Leonard Melki and hundreds of other Christians are driven out of Mardin and massacred by Ottoman troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518749#June", "title": "1915", "revid": 1373518749, "section": "Events › June"}}]}