fedayeen
Fedayeen ( fidāʻiyyūn "self-sacrificers") is an Arabic term used to refer to various military groups willing to sacrifice themselves for a larger campaign or leader.
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- Etymology
- Medieval usage
- Order of Assassins
- Modern usage
- Armenia
- Ottoman Empire and Turkey
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Iran
- Iraq
- Palestine
- See also
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Fedayeen ( fidāʻiyyūn "self-sacrificers") is an Arabic term used to refer to various military groups willing to sacrifice themselves for a larger campaign or leader.
==Etymology==