Taladah ( ar, تلعادة also spelled Tell Adah) is a village in Syria, administratively part of Idlib Governorate. Nearby localities include Turmanin to the southeast, al-Dana to the southwest and

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to the northeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Talaadah had a population of 5,599 in 2004.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Idlib Governorate. Archived a

Taladah contains a large Byzantine Empire, Byzantine-era

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celebrated until the

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. In 400 CE, St. Simeon Stylites started his ascetic career there. Taladah remained a relatively important Christian site following the

Muslim conquest of Syria The Muslim conquest of the Levant ( ar, فَتْحُ الشَّام, translit=Feth eş-Şâm), also known as the Rashidun conquest of Syria, occurred in the first half of the 7th century, shortly after the rise of Islam."Syria." Encyclopædia Br ...

in the 630s. A

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inscription dating to 941 was discovered among the ruins. Taladah was captured by the

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under Tancred in 1104.Boulanger, 1966, p. 405.

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* * {{Idlib Governorate, Harem Archaeological sites in Idlib Governorate Populated places in Harem District