Malangitae(70 words)
[German version]
(Μαλαγγῖται; Malangîtai). According to Ptol. 6,7,23, a people in central Arabia who lived on the Máreitha órē (Μάρειθα Ὄρη), i.e. on the Āriḍ. Probably corresponds to the tribe of the Maḏḥiǧ which was expelled by Imru al-Qais, the king of the Lakhmids in c. AD 300.
Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg)
Bibliography
H. v. Wissmann, Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Altsüdarabien (SAWW, Phil.-histor. Klasse 246), 1964, 175, 195f., 404-406.
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Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg),
“Malangitae”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 12 April 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e719330>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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