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Garnier De Nablus
Garnier de Nablus (1147 – 31 August 1192), also known as Garnier of Syria, was the tenth Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1190 to 1192, succeeding Armengol de Aspa. He fought at the Battle of Arsuf in 1191 during the Third Crusade. It was under his magistracy that the headquarters of the Order were transferred from Tyre to Acre. He was succeeded by Geoffroy de Donjon. Biography The name Garnier de Nablus possibly links him to a well attested family settled in Nablus, but he could also be of English origin because he was Prior of the Langue d'Angleterre, an office normally entrusted to a native of the language. He was Lord of Gibelin from 1173 to 1175, and then grand preceptor of the Order on two occasions, from 1176 to 1177 and from 1180 to 1184. He was then invested, on April 10, 1185, with the functions of Prior of the Langue d'Angleterre until 1189, a function which he combined in 1189 with the office of Grand Commander of the Hospitaller. Garnier was se ...
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Jean-François Cars
Jean-François Cars (16 October 1661, Lyon, France – 30 August 1738, Paris, France), was a French engraver, printer, publisher and printseller from Lyon. Biography Jean-François Cars was born in Lyons on 16 October 1661, the son of François Cars ''père'' enior and his wife, Virginie Chesne. Rondot, ''Les gravers d’estampes sur cuivre à Lyon: au XVIIe siècle''page 111/ref> His father was an engraver and printseller who had come from Paris to settle in Lyon, at ''rue'' treetMercière, with his brother, Gabriel, also an engraver. Martin-de Vesvrotte, ''et al.'', ''Dictionnaire des graveurs à Lyon''pages 30-34 They were the sons of Jean Cars, an artisan and a sculptor “''de peu de notoriété''” of little notoriety”of Paris, and his wife, Maria Firans, the daughter of an engraver. So Jean-François and his brothers, François ''fils'' unior(1682—1763) and Joseph, Maxime Préaud, ''et al.'', “Jean-François Cars”, ''Dictionnaire des éditeurs d'estampes à ...
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Ashkelon
Ashkelon or Ashqelon (; Hebrew: , , ; Philistine: ), also known as Ascalon (; Ancient Greek: , ; Arabic: , ), is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age. In the course of its history, it has been ruled by the Ancient Egyptians, the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Greeks, the Phoenicians, the Hasmoneans, the Romans, the Persians, the Arabs and the Crusaders, until it was destroyed by the Mamluks in 1270. The modern city was originally located approximately 4 km inland from the ancient site, and was known as al-Majdal or al-Majdal Asqalan (Arabic: ''al-Mijdal''; Hebrew: ''ʾĒl-Mīǧdal''). In 1918, it became part of the British Occupied Enemy Territory Administration and in 1920 became part of Mandatory Palestine. Al-Majdal on the eve of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War had 10 ...
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