Ruad may refer to:
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Arwad
Arwad (; ), the classical antiquity, classical Aradus, is a town in Syria on an eponymous List of islands of Syria, island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative center of the Arwad nahiyah, Subdistrict (''nahiyah''), of which it is ...
, a small waterless island off the coast of Tortosa, Syria
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Fall of Ruad
The fall of Ruad in 1302 was one of the culminating events of the Crusades in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1291, the Crusaders had lost their main power base at the coastal city of Siege of Acre (1291), Acre, and the Muslim Mamluk, Mamluks had b ...
, battle around 1302 between the Egyptian Mamluks and the Crusaders
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Áed Rúad
Aodh ( , , ; ) is a masculine Irish and Scottish Gaelic given name, which was traditionally anglicized as Hugh. The name means "fire" and was the name of a god in Irish mythology.The modern word meaning 'inflammation' or as a phrase with the ...
, High King of medieval Irish legend
* Ruad, Old Irish term for red, as in
Red Branch
The Red Branch (; alternatively, ) is the name of two of the three royal houses of the king of Ulster, Conchobar mac Nessa, at his capital Emain Macha (Navan Fort, near Armagh), in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. In modern retellings it is so ...
* Ruad, a Celtic goddess, rescued by the dwarf poet
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