Английская Википедия:Bene Ma'zin
The Bene Ma'zin were a Palmyrene tribe who were attested as one of the main four tribes of the city.
Name and origin
The tribe's name is a plural that apparently referred to the founders' original occupation; it means the "goat herders".Шаблон:Sfn Ma'zin is an Arabic word;Шаблон:Sfn French archaeologist Javier Teixidor described the tribe as Arab,Шаблон:Sfn while Michał Gawlikowski, head of the Polish archaeological expedition in Palmyra between 1980-2011, stated that the tribe is best understood as an alliance of pastoralists from different origins who settled in the city.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
History
Membership in the tribe seems to have been composite and its name suggest a nomadic origin; the tribe included different clans such as the bene Yedi'bel whose member Mattanai founded the Allat temple in Palmyra.Шаблон:Sfn Beside the Allat, the tribe was responsible for the Temple of Baalshamin.Шаблон:Sfn The Ma'zin was one of four tribes in Palmyra that constituted its city council which governed the city.Шаблон:Sfn
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