On Honors and Awards of the Modern Royal House of Ghassan
It's vastly documented that the Ghassanids were one of the first Christian knights, 500 years before the first Crusade and the creation of the first orders of chivalry. However, they weren’t organized in orders ‘per se’ as the European crusader orders would be, even though they fought under banners of religious icons like Christ Pantokrator, Michael Archangel, and Saint Sergius, their patrons. They also held to a code of ethics, Muru’a, which included honor, loyalty, generosity, forgiveness, and protecting women, children, the elderly, and the infirm. Therefore, although the Royal House of Ghassan has ancient authority as pioneers of Christian knights (in Arabic, Faris, and Farisa), it doesn’t claim any legatary connection with any historical order of chivalry or merit.
All honors and awards for the ancient dynastic House of Ghassan are those of the modern House. The honors related to the historic calvary of the House and the banners under which it was organized, namely Christ Pantokrator, Michael Archangel, and Saint Sergius, are "new" honors and awards of a chivalric character founded by the head of a formerly reigning dynasty... or in the case of the House of Ghassan as an Arab Christian House, by the Head of House with the council of the royal Sheiks El Chemor.
Royal House Chancellery, Court of Chivalry
1 January 2024