Marash (disambiguation)

Marash is the Armenian and Arabic name of Kahramanmaraş. It may also refer to:

Places

• Maraş Province, Ottoman Empire or Dulkadir Eyalet, an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire
• Maraş, Turkey, previous name until 1973 of Kahramanmaraş, a city in the Mediterranean Region, Turkey and the administrative center of Kahramanmaraş Province
• Nor Marash, meaning New Marash, an Armenian neighborhood in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon named after Maraş in Turkey
• Merash, or Marash, Iran, a village in Anguran Rural District, Anguran District, Mahneshan County, Zanjan Province, Iran
• Varosha, Famagusta, Turkish Maraş or Kapalı Maraş, an abandoned southern quarter of the Cypriot city of Famagusta
• Maraşlı, Karaisalı, a village in the District of Karaisalı, Adana Province, Turkey
• Marash Peak, the peak rising to 800 m in the southeast foothills of Detroit Plateau on Nordenskjöld Coast in Graham Land, Antarctica

People

People of Marash

• Baldwin of Marash, Crusader baron in Northern Syria in the 12th century AD
• Thoros of Marash, also known as Thatoul, father of Arda of Armenia, the first queen consort of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Surname

• David Marash, known as Dave Marash (born 1942), American television journalist known for his work at ABC News and Al Jazeera English

See also

• Maraş massacre (Turkish: Maraş katliamı), massacre of about one hundred left-wing activists in the city of Kahramanmaraş
• Marashis, an Iranian Shiʿite dynasty ruling in Mazandaran from 1359 to 1596
• Nork-Marash District
• Battle of Marash (disambiguation)
  • Battle of Marash (1920)
  • Siege of Germanicia or Siege of Marash (638), the siege and capture of Marash (then known as Germanicia) by the Arabs
  • Siege of Marash (904), an unsuccessful siege by the Byzantines under Andronikos Doukas
  • Battle of Marash (953), a battle between the Byzantines and Sayf al-Dawla
• Maraş (disambiguation)