List of rulers of Damascus

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This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present.

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General context: History of Damascus .

Aram Damascus

Period of non-independence

Rashidun period

Umayyad period

Abbasid period

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Fatimid emirs

Qarmatian occupation of Damascus
Fatimid recovery of Damascus

Seljuk emirs

Burid emirs

Zengid atabegs

Ayyubid emirs (some were also sultans of Egypt)

Mamluk na'ibs

Ottoman walis

Arab Kingdom of Syria

Capital of Syria

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References

  1. Paul M. Cobb (22 March 2001). White Banners: Contention in 'Abbasid Syria, 750-880. p. 137. ISBN   9780791448809.
  2. 1 2 3 Sato, p. 79.
  3. Burns 2007 , p. 144
  4. Abu-Husayn 1985, pp. 187–188.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Barbir 1980, p. xv.
  6. Sajdi, 2013, p. 98.
  7. Douwes, 2000, p. 58.
  8. Saliba 1978, pp. 307, 315–316.

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