Hamat

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of Hama alt-of, obsolete

    "He ruled from 1310 over the principality of Hamat in Syria, as an independent ally of the sultan, was a generous patron of literature and science, and died in 1331."

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"He ruled from 1310 over the principality of Hamat in Syria, as an independent ally of the sultan, was a generous patron of literature and science, and died in 1331."

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حمات (hamât), from Arabic حَمَاة (ḥamāh).

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