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The Mhallami people, also known as Mardelli or alternatively spelled as Mahallami () are an Arab ethnic group traditionally living in and around the city of Mardin, Turkey.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group
Mhallami
Ethnic group.pop
150,000-500,000 or 800,000
Ethnic group.regions
Turkey, Lebanon, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium
Ethnic group.languages
North Mesopotamian Arabic
Ethnic group.religions
Predominantly Sunni Islam
Ethnic group.related
Assyrians, Kurds, Arabs
Ethnic group.native_name_lang
ar

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Origin
  • History
  • Early modern history
  • Modern history
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography

The Mhallami people, also known as Mardelli or alternatively spelled as Mahallami () are an Arab ethnic group traditionally living in and around the city of Mardin, Turkey.

Although scholars sometimes debate the precise origins of the Mhallami, they are generally regarded as Arabs, and the majority typically identified as such.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mhallami” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.