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Dabiq, Syria

Town in Aleppo Governorate, Syria

Summary

Town in Aleppo Governorate, Syria

Field	Value
name	Dabiq
native_name	دابق
native_name_lang	ar
type	Town
pushpin_map	Syria
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_mapsize	250
pushpin_map_caption	Location of Dabiq in Syria
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Syria
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Aleppo
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Azaz
subdivision_type3	Subdistrict
subdivision_name3	Akhtarin
elevation_m	449.18
population_total	3364
population_density_km2	auto
population_as_of	2004
population_footnotes
timezone	AST
utc_offset	+3
geocode	C1597

the town

Dabiq ( ) is a town in northern Syria, about 40 km northeast of Aleppo and around 10 km south of Syria's border with Turkey. It is administratively part of the Akhtarin nahiyah (subdistrict) of the A'zaz District of Aleppo Governorate. Nearby localities include Mare' to the southwest, Sawran to the northwest, and Akhtarin town to the southeast. In the 2004 census, Dabiq had a population of 3,364.

In Islamic eschatology, it is believed that Dabiq is one of two possible locations (the other is Amaq) for an epic battle between invading Christians and the defending Muslims which will result in a Muslim victory and mark the beginning of the end of times. The Islamic terrorist group Islamic State believes Dabiq is where an epic and decisive battle will take place with Christian forces of the West, and have named their online magazine after the village. After being driven out of the town of Dabiq by the Turkish military and Syrian rebels in October 2016, IS replaced this publication with a new one named Rumiyah.

History

During Caliph Sulayman's reign (715–717), Dabiq, near the Arab–Byzantine frontier, succeeded Jabiyah's role as the main Umayyad military camp in northern Syria.

Dabiq was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th century, during Ayyubid rule. He noted that it was "a village of the 'Azaz District lying 4 leagues from Halab (Aleppo). Near it is a green and pleasant meadow, where the Omayyad troops encamped when they made the celebrated expedition against Al Massissah, which was to have been continued even to the walls of Constantinople. The tomb of Caliph Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, who led the expedition, lies here."

civilwarIn August 2014, the Islamic State (IS) conquered the town, destroying the Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik shrine. On 16 October 2016, Syrian National Army rebels captured the town from IS.

In Islamic eschatology

In Islamic eschatology as found in the Hadith, the area of Dabiq is mentioned as a place of some of the events of the Muslim Malahim (which would equate to the Christian apocalypse, or Armageddon). Abu Hurayrah, companion to Muhammad, reported in his Hadith that Muhammad said:

Scholars and hadith commentators suggest that the word Romans refers to Christians. The hadith further relates the subsequent Muslim victory, followed by the peaceful takeover of Constantinople with invocations of takbir and tasbih, and finally the defeat of the Masih ad-Dajjal following the return and descent of Jesus Christ.

References

Bibliography

References

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(2016-10-16). "Syria conflict: Rebels 'capture' IS stronghold of Dabiq". BBC News.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20161018193757/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkish-backed-syrian-opposition-captures-dabiq-from-is/2016/10/16/2933875a-9382-11e6-9cae-2a3574e296a6_story.html Turkish-backed Syrian opposition captures Dabiq from IS. 16 October 2016 The Washington Post.]
(10 October 2014). "To Islamic State, Dabiq is important – but it's not the end of the world". [[The Guardian]].
[https://m.iium.edu.my/deed/hadith/muslim/041_smt.html Sahih-Muslim Hadith, Vol. 41, Chap. 9, Hadith 6924, per Abu Huraira]
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