Gabras

Gabras ko Gavras (Girkanci) nau'in mata Gabraina (), shine sunan wani muhimmin dangin aristocratic na Byzantine wanda ya zama sananne musamman a ƙarshen ƙarni na 11 da farkon ƙarni na 12 a matsayin masu zaman kansu da kusan sarakunan gado na Chaldia. 

An tabbatar da mutanen Gabrades a karon farko a ƙarshen ƙarni na 10, lokacin da Constantine Gabras ya shiga cikin tawayen Bardas Skleros. Janar Theodore Gabras ya kama Trebizond ya kuma mulke ta da kuma jigon Chaldia a matsayin ƙasa mai cin gashin kanta (kimanin 1081–1098). An yi masa murna saboda nasarorin da ya samu a yaƙi, kuma daga baya aka girmama shi a matsayin waliyyi a yankin. Ɗansa, Constantine Gabras, shi ma ya zama gwamnan Chaldia (kimanin 1119–1140) kuma ya ƙare ya mulke ta a matsayin yarima mai zaman kansa. Da yawa daga cikin 'yan gidan sun shiga hidima tare da Turkawa na Seljuk a ƙarni na 12 da 13, kuma a ƙarni na 14, an tabbatar da Gabrades da yawa a mukamai na gudanarwa a Byzantium, musamman jami'i kuma masanin tarihi Michael Gabras, wanda aka san shi da wasiƙun labarai masu yawa da manyan masana adabi da siyasa na Byzantine na zamaninsa, da ɗan'uwansa John. Wani reshe na iyali shi ma ya zama sarakunan Mulkin Theodoro a Crimea.

Iyalin Gabras sun fara bayyana a kusurwar arewa maso gabashin duniyar Byzantine, lardin Chaldia, wanda ke tsakiyar Trebizond. Ba a san asalin kabilanci na iyalin ba. Akwai hasashe da yawa game da asalin su, mafi yawansu sun dogara ne akan asalin sunan iyali da kuma wurin da suka fara bayyana. [Littafi na 1]

Wasu masana tarihi, ciki har da Bryer, sun bayyana Gabrades a matsayin "Greco-Laz".  Bryer daga baya ya sake fasalin ra'ayinsa kuma ya rubuta cewa Gabrades wataƙila 'yan asalin Chaldians ne kawai, kamar yadda Inner Chaldia, yankin asalin su, ya wuce yankunan ko dai Girkanci, Laz ko Armeniya. Inner Chaldia yanki ne mai bambancin kansa: yanki ne mai tsaunuka, ba a taɓa shi da tasirin Helenanci ba kuma ya adana tsarin al'umma na gargajiya da na gargajiya, tare da ƙananan sarakuna da ke tsakiyar tsaunuka.

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