Mirdasid dynasty
The Mirdasid dynasty (Arabic: المرداسيون, romanized: al-Mirdāsiyyīn), also called the Banu Mirdas, was an Arab Shia Muslim dynasty which ruled an Aleppo-based emirate in northern Syria and the western Jazira (Upper Mesopotamia) more or less continuously from 1014 until 1080. == History == === Dominance of the Kilab in northern Syria === The Mirdasids were a family of the Bedouin (nomadic Arab) tribe of Banu Kilab.