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{{citation>last=title=Die Libanon-Flüchtlinge in Berlin. Zur Integration ethnischer Minderheitenyear=2020chapter-url=http://www.libasoli.de/doku/Auszug.pdflanguage=dearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807112357weblinkweblink | regions = Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium| languages = North Mesopotamian Arabic| religions = Sunni Islam| related = Arameans, Kurds, Levantine Arabs| native_name = | native_name_lang = }}The Mhallami, Mahallami, or Mardelli (; ; ; ) is an Arabic-speaking tribal ethnic group traditionally living in and around the city of Mardin, Turkey.JOURNAL, Bozkurt, Abdülbaki, The Historical Roots of the Mhallami Arabs in Turkey as a Subject of Debate, Journal of International Social Research, 30 April 2020, 13, 70, 192–202, 10.17719/jisr.2020.4086, free, Due to migration since 1920 they have a large presence in Lebanon as well. As a result of the Lebanese Civil War, large numbers fled to Europe, particularly Germany. They typically identify themselves as Arabs, but are sometimes associated with other ethnic groups such as Kurds or Arameans.BOOK,weblink Blut ist dicker als Wasser: Im Familienclan ins bessere Leben - Roman über die arabische Clanwelt, 9783751991650, Himmelseher, Volker, 22 July 2020, Books on Demand, However, their historical roots are not definitively established.WEB,weblink Mhallamiye-Kurden - "Ihre Verachtung für uns ist grenzenlos", NEWS,weblink Kurden in Deutschland: Parallele Welten, Faz.net, Burger, Reiner, WEB,weblink Clanstrukturen kamen mit Flüchtlingswelle in den Achtzigerjahren, They are Sunni-Muslims and primarily speakers of an Arabic dialect that has Turkish, Kurdish, and Aramaic influences.

Origin

{{More citations needed section|date=September 2018}}The date of their appearance in Anatolia is unknown, but likely sometime in the 5th century. There are no known written records by their ancestors of this period. Among the Mhallami there is a view that they are descended from Banu Hilal tribes, but historical sources and research indicate that this is somewhat unlikely. Arab ancestry is more probably from Rabi'ah tribes, possibly Banu Shayban, though this does not preclude Kurdish and/or Aramean roots. Some sources view the group as ethnically or denominationally Assyrian.This theory is also confirmed by orientalist Ishaq Armala and by the Syriac Orthodox patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I who indicated that the Syriac Christians who converted to Islam under pressure started calling themselves Mhalmoye at the end of the 17th century.WEB,weblink Aram Nahrin: the Aramaeans, the Bible, Christianity, and the West, Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis, Aramean Democratic Organization, WEB,weblink The Mhalmoye (ܡܚܠܡ̈ܝܐ) and their conversion to Christianity, Mourad-Özmen, Denho Bar, 26 February 2022, SyriacPress, English traveller Mark Sykes wrote in 1907: This tribe has a peculiar history. They state that 350 years ago they were Christians. During a famine of corn they asked the Patriarch permission to eat meat during Lent. The Patriarch refused, and they became Moslems. They speak a bastard Arabic, and the women wear red clothes and do not veil. Ibrahim Pasha says they are now a mixed race of Arabs and Kurds. Some families are still supposed to be Christians.Caliph’s Last Heritage, London 1915, p. 578

Demographics

Turkey

In 2015, the founding chairman Mehmet Ali Aslan became the first Mhallami to be elected a member of the Turkish Parliament from the HDP party.WEB, A more colourful parliament,weblink Agos, 8 June 2015, 3 November 2015, The last leader of the Mhallami in Turkey is lawyer Şeyhmus Miroğlu, member of beytil emir.WEB, Life, Mardin, Görkemli düğünde dolarlar havada uçuştu,weblink 2022-09-10, Mardin Life, tr, WEB, Life, Mardin, Orhan Miroğlu'dan ağabeyine ziyaret,weblink 2022-09-10, Mardin Life, tr,

Diaspora

The migration of the Mhallami from Turkey to Lebanon began in the 1920s. In the 1940s, tens of thousands more came to Lebanon, mostly in the cities of Beirut and Tripoli.Die arabischen Dialekte des Vilayets Mardin (Südosttürkei), ZDMG Suppl 1 XVII Dt. Orientalistentag. Vorträge Teil II, Sektion 6, Wiesbaden 1969, S. 684 The Mhallami had traditionally settled in large numbers in Lebanese regions such as Tripoli, the Beqaa Valley and Beirut where they have become an integral part of the country's Sunni community after migrating from the Mardin Province in Turkey. Lebanon had a population between 70,000 and 100,000 Mhallami prior to Lebanese Civil War.Die Libanon-Flüchtlinge in Berlin Ralph Ghadban {{in lang|de}}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807112357weblink |date=August 7, 2007 }} Their origin and legal status became a particular concern when they started to seek asylum in Western European countries en masse in the early 1980s.weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110719070809weblink">Heinrich Freckmann, Jürgen Kalmbach: Staatenlose Kurden aus dem Libanon oder türkische Staatsangehörige? (Ergebnis einer Untersuchung vom 08.–18. März 2001 in Beirut, Mardin und Ankara), Hannover, Hildesheim, 2001; S. 3–4 {{in lang|de}}The Mhallami were among the Lebanese Civil War refugees from Lebanon who came to Germany and other European countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden during the Lebanese civil war since 1976 Ralph Ghadban, Die Libanon-Flüchtlinge in Berlin. Berlin 2000. ISBN 3-86093-293-4, Nachdruck 2008, S. 71, 87, 89, 238 and have since been partially tolerated or live as asylum seekers.Heinrich Freckmann, Jürgen Kalmbach: {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719070809weblink |title=Staatenlose Kurden aus dem Libanon oder türkische Staatsangehörige? (Ergebnis einer Untersuchung vom 08.–18. März 2001 in Beirut, Mardin und Ankara)}} (PDF; 43 kB), Hannover, Hildesheim, 2001; S. 3–4 With around 8,000 people, Berlin has the largest Mhallami diaspora community in Europe (as of June 2003).Es muss dringend etwas passieren; die tageszeitung, 6. Juni 2003.

See also

• Lebanese people in Germany
• Western Neo-Aramaic
• Miri-Clan
• Al-Zein clan
• Ömerli, Mardin
• Jubb'adin, Syria
• Bakh'a, Syria

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