# Ahdath

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The ***ahdath*** (Arabic: الأحداث) were local [militias](/source/Militia) of irregular [police](/source/Police) in [Syria](/source/Syria) in the 10th to 12th centuries. They maintained order and protected cities from outside domination. Some later writers ascribed them [proletarian](/source/Proletarian) values, as outlets of the popular will. Most fulfilled a more formal police function and in many cases worked with the urban [bourgeoisie](/source/Bourgeoisie).[1] They helped the [Fatimid Caliphate](/source/Fatimid_Caliphate) in Syria defend against the [Crusaders](/source/Crusaders).[2]

## References

1. Stefania Panebianco. *[A new Euro-Mediterranean cultural identity](https://books.google.com/books?id=aszkS182INsC&dq=Ahdath+militia&pg=PA111)*. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 0-7146-5411-6, ISBN 978-0-7146-5411-9

1. Angus McBride. *[Saladin and the Saracens](https://books.google.com/books?id=zl9QPt5X9UoC&dq=Ahdath+militia&pg=PA14)*. Osprey Publishing, 1986. ISBN 0-85045-682-7, ISBN 978-0-85045-682-0

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