Malatya (Melitene)
ملطية
Malatya (Melitene) of the Jaziran frontier, the summer-expedition road; Habib ibn Maslama took it by force in Mu'awiya's days, who garrisoned it with Syrians and Jazirans — later Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz moved Taranda's people into it under Jamwana ibn al-Harith; it held against a twenty-thousand-man siege in year 123 when its women fought atop the wall, fell to Constantine in year 133 by the evacuation truce between the sword-ranks and was demolished, then al-Mansur rebuilt it in six months in year 140 under Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ibrahim and al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba, settling four thousand Jaziran fighters on increased pay with two muslaha posts and the fortress of Qaludhiya; its remaining people returned in year 141 behind Muhammad ibn Ibrahim's garrison.
At a glance
- Era
- The Rashidun Caliphate
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Connections
- Site of
- The Fall and Demolition of Malatya, 133· Al-Mansur's Rebuilding of Malatya
- Part of
- The Jazira
- Contains
- Taranda (Taranta)
People and things also explored
The Conquest of the Jazira· Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ibrahim al-Imam· Abu Ja'far al-Mansur· al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba· Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ali· Salih ibn Ali· al-Ruha (Edessa)· Harran
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Malatya (Melitene)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/malatya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.