The Mardaites or al-Jarajima (; / ALA-LC: al-Jarajimah) inhabited the highland regions of the Amanus Mountains. The Mardaites were Christians following either the Miaphysite or the Monothelite sects. Little is known about their ethnicity, it has been speculated that they might have been Western Iranian or Armenian. Their other Syriac/Arabic name "Gargumaye"/"Jarajima" suggests that some were natives of the town Jurjum in Cilicia. They were apparently joined later by Greek slaves and Aramaean peasants during their insurgency.

The Mardaites or al-Jarajima (; / ALA-LC: al-Jarajimah) inhabited the highland regions of the Amanus Mountains. The Mardaites were Christians following either the Miaphysite or the Monothelite sects. Little is known about their ethnicity, it has been speculated that they might have been Western Iranian or Armenian. Their other Syriac/Arabic name "Gargumaye"/"Jarajima" suggests that some were natives of the town Jurjum in Cilicia. They were apparently joined later by Greek slaves and Aramaean peasants during their insurgency.