Damascus

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Sources

1. BookThe First World War
2. BookThe First World War

Relations

location of:

• Citadel of Damascus

  Sources: The Rare and Excellent History of Saladin, The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives

• Umayyad Mosque

  Sources: The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century

besieged by:

• Conrad III of Germany24 Jul 1148 O.S. – 28 Jul 1148 O.S.

  Sources: The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom, The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades

capital of:

• Umayyad Caliphate661 CE O.S. – 750 CE O.S.

  Sources: The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century, The Umayyad Period (661–750)

chronicled by:

• Ibn al-Qalanisi

  Sources: The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades, Arab Historians of the Crusades

conquered by:

• Nur ad-Dinsince 1154 O.S.

  Sources: The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives, The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades

death place of:

• Al-Fārābīsince 950 CE O.S.

  Sources: Al-Farabi, The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates: The Islamic Near East from the Sixth to the Eleventh Century

governed by:

• Muʿin ad-Din Unur1138 O.S. – 1149 O.S.

  Sources: The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades, The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom

visited by:

• Ibn Battuta

  Sources: The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325–1354, The Adventures of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century

Appears in17 items

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  Philosophy1 item
  • Al-Fārābī, the Second Teacher, dies in Damascus339 AH
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  Railways: From Stockton to the Shinkansen1 item
  • Building the Hejaz Railway1900
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  The Black Death1 item
  • Egypt and Syria748 AH
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  The Crusades4 items
  • The Second CrusadeMay 1147 O.S.
  • Siege of Damascus24 Jul 1148 O.S.
  • Nur ad-Din dies11 Shawwal 569 AH
  • 
    Saladin dies in Damascus27 Safar 589 AH
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  The Islamic Golden Age4 items
  • The Umayyad caliphate41 AH
  • 
    Al-Walid I begins the Great Mosque of Damascusc. 87 AH
  • Al-Farabi, the “Second Teacher”, dies in Damascus339 AH
  • Ibn al-Nafis describes the lungs’ circulationc. 640 AH
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  The Ottoman Empire1 item
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    The Hejaz railway reaches Medina1 Sep 1908
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  The Travels of Ibn Battuta4 items
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    Egypt, Syria and the first hajj1 Jumada al-Ula 726 AH
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    Ramadan in Damascus9 Ramadan 726 AH
  • The way home747 AH
  • The Black Death in DamascusRabi' al-Thani 749 AH
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  World War I1 item
  • Damascus taken1 Oct 1918

Mentioned in1 item

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  World War I1 item
  • Sinai and Palestine26 Jan 1915