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Ghassanian
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English
Adjective
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Of the tribe of Ghassanids.
en 1999 Glen Warren Bowersock Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World Harvard University Press 9780674511736 469 This defeat turned out to be disastrous for the Ghassanids. After the disappearance of the Ghassanid state, isolated Ghassanian princes continued to reign in some oases and castles
Noun
Ghassanid member of a particular Arab tribe
en 1940 U. Wayriffe Arabica & Islamica send messages to the Byzantine Emperor, the King of Persia, and two Christian Arab chiefs - one a Ghassanian on the Syrian frontier , the other in Yemama