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List of rulers of Damascus. This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present. General context: History of Damascus.
Damascus. / 33.51306°N 36.29194°E / 33.51306; 36.29194. Damascus ( / dəˈmæskəs / də-MASK-əs, UK also / dəˈmɑːskəs / də-MAH-skəs; Arabic: دِمَشق, romanized : Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.
- 680 m (2,230 ft)
- Syria
Damas falls to Babylonia in 572 BC, and after the fall of that empire it becomes part of the Persian empire. Damas is made the capital of the province of Ebir-nāri until it falls to the Greeks in Syria in 332 BC. Damas follows the Syrian sequence of events, becoming important in the history of the Seleucid empire.
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An-Nasir Yusuf, as sultan of Aleppo and Damascus, son of al-Aziz Muhammad, 1250–1260 Al-Ashraf Musa (second rule), 1260–1263. Directly ruled by Mamluks under Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Bashqirdi, assigned by Baibars , sultan of Egypt and Syria, from 1263.
This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present. General context: History of Damascus.
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Saint John of Damascus (also known as John Damascene, and Chrysorrhoas, "the golden speaker") (c. 676 – December 5, 749) was a Syrian monk, priest and polymath whose fields of study included Law, Theology, Philosophy and Music.
