The Mannaeans were an ancient people of Asia Minor, occupying the region East of Assyria and South-East of Urartu, in present-day North-West Iran. Their kingdom, which flourished in the 9th and 8th centuries B.C., seems to have acted as a buffer state between the Urartians and the Assyrians until it was conquered (7th century) by Media. Excavations that began in 1956 succeeded in uncovering the fortified city of Hasanlu.
Mannai said that some Muslim and Christian figures had opted to stay away from the conference "because they do not favor conducting a dialogue with the Jews coming from Israel".
Mannai said that those staying away from the conference believe that they should not hold a dialogue with anyone "who condones Israel's aggression [against the Palestinians] and its occupation of Palestine".
Mannai said that the Doha dialogue, to be attended by more than 80 Christian, Muslim and Jewish figures, would focus on "issues of concurrence, rather than divergence, between religions".
The Mannaeans (or Mannai, Mannae, Biblical Minni) were an ancient people of unknown origin, who lived in the territory of present-day Iranian Azerbaijan around the 10th to 7th century BC.
The kingdom of Mannai began to flourish around 850 BC.
Mannaeans were mainly a settled people, practicing irrigation and breeding cattle and horses.
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