fedayeen
Sign in to saveFedayeen ( fidāʻiyyūn "self-sacrificers") is an Arabic term used to refer to various military groups willing to sacrifice themselves for a larger campaign or leader.
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It sits within the topics Arab ethnic groups, Arabic words and phrases and Islamic terrorism.
Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.
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15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Medieval usage
- Order of Assassins
- Modern usage
- Armenia
- Ottoman Empire and Turkey
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Iran
- Iraq
- Palestine
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Fedayeen ( fidāʻiyyūn "self-sacrificers") is an Arabic term used to refer to various military groups willing to sacrifice themselves for a larger campaign or leader.
==Etymology==
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