This is a list of rulers of
Damascus from ancient times to the present.
:''General context:
History of Damascus''.
Aram Damascus
The Kingdom of Aram-Damascus () was an Aramean polity that existed from the late-12th century BCE until 732 BCE, and was centred around the city of Damascus in the Southern Levant. Alongside various tribal lands, it was bounded in its later y ...
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Rezon I (c. 950 BC)
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Tabrimmon
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Ben-Hadad I
Ben-Hadad I ( he, בן הדד, translit=bn hdd; arc, בר הדד, translit=br hdd), son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, was king of Aram-Damascus between 885 BC and 865 BC. Ben-Hadad I was reportedly a contemporary of kings Baasha of the ...
(c. 885 BCE–c. 865 BC)
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Hadadezer
Hadadezer (; " he god Hadad is help"); also known as Adad-Idri ( akk, 𒀭𒅎𒀉𒊑, dIM-id-ri), and possibly the same as Bar-Hadad II ( Aram.) or Ben-Hadad II ( Heb.), was the king of Aram Damascus between 865 and 842 BC.
The Hebrew Bible ...
(c. 865 BC–c. 842 BC)
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Hazael
Hazael (; he, חֲזָאֵל, translit=Ḥazaʾēl, or , romanized as: ; oar, 𐡇𐡆𐡀𐡋, translit= , from the triliteral Semitic root ''h-z-y'', "to see"; his full name meaning, " El/God has seen"; akk, 𒄩𒍝𒀪𒀭, Ḫa-za-’- il ...
(c. 842 BC–c. 804 BC)
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Ben-Hadad III (c. 796 BC)
*Tab-El (c. 770 BC)
*Rezon II (c. 740 BC–732 BC)
Period of non-independence
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Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the As ...
(732 BC–609 BC)
**Ilu-Ittia (c. 8th century BC)
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Babylon (609 BC–539 BC)
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Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest em ...
(539 BC–332 BC)
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Macedon
Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled b ...
(332 BC–323 BC)
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Antigonids
The Antigonid dynasty (; grc-gre, Ἀντιγονίδαι) was a Hellenistic dynasty of Dorian Greek provenance, descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-Eyed") that ruled mainly in Macedonia.
History
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(323 BC–301 BC)
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Ptolemaic Kingdom (301 BC–198 BC)
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Seleucids
The Seleucid Empire (; grc, Βασιλεία τῶν Σελευκιδῶν, ''Basileía tōn Seleukidōn'') was a Greek state in West Asia that existed during the Hellenistic period from 312 BC to 63 BC. The Seleucid Empire was founded by the M ...
(198 BC–167 BC)
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Ituraea (167 BC–110 BC) (Semi independent from Seleucids)
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Decapolis
The Decapolis (Greek: grc, Δεκάπολις, Dekápolis, Ten Cities, label=none) was a group of ten Hellenistic cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the Southern Levant in the first centuries BCE and CE. They formed a group ...
(110 BC–85 BC) (Semi independent from Seleucids)
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Nabataea
The Nabataean Kingdom ( Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 ''Nabāṭū''), also named Nabatea (), was a political state of the Arab Nabataeans during classical antiquity.
The Nabataean Kingdom controlled many of the trade routes of the region, ...
(85 BC–64 BC)
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Roman Republic
The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingd ...
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post- Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Medite ...
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantin ...
(64 BC–635)
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Ghassanids
The Ghassanids ( ar, الغساسنة, translit=al-Ġasāsina, also Banu Ghassān (, romanized as: ), also called the Jafnids, were an Arab tribe which founded a kingdom. They emigrated from southern Arabia in the early 3rd century to the Levan ...
(529–584; ?–635)
Rashidun
The Rashidun Caliphs ( ar, الخلفاء الراشدون, translit=al-Khulafāʾ al-Rāshidūn, ), often simply called the Rashidun, are the first four caliphs (lit.: 'successors') who led the Muslim community following the death of the Isl ...
period
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Khalid ibn al-Walid
Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi (; died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially headed campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh. He later became a Muslim and spent the remainder of his career in ...
(635–636)
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Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah
ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Jarrāḥ ( ar, عامر بن عبدالله بن الجراح; 583–639 CE), better known as Abū ʿUbayda ( ar, أبو عبيدة ) was a Muslim commander and one of the Companions of the Islamic prophet M ...
(636–637)
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Amr ibn al-Aas (637–640)
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Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (640)
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Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan (640–661)
Umayyad
The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...
period
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Muawiyah I
Mu'awiya I ( ar, معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the deat ...
ibn Abu Sufyan (661–680)
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Yazid I
Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan ( ar, يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya ibn ʾAbī Sufyān; 64611 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate. He ruled from ...
ibn Muawiyah (680–683)
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Muawiya II
Mu'awiya ibn Yazid ( ar, معاوية بن يزيد, Muʿāwiya ibn Yazīd; 664 – 684 CE), usually known simply as Mu'awiya II was the third Umayyad caliph. He succeeded his father Yazid I as the third caliph and last caliph of the Sufyanid ...
ibn Yazid (683–684)
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Marwan I ibn Hakam (684–685)
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Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam ( ar, عبد الملك ابن مروان ابن الحكم, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 ...
(685–705)
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al-Walid I
Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ( ar, الوليد بن عبد الملك بن مروان, al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān; ), commonly known as al-Walid I ( ar, الوليد الأول), was the sixth Umayyad caliph, ruling from ...
ibn Abd al-Malik (705–715)
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Suleiman
Suleiman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān''; or dictionary.reference.comsuleiman/ref>) is the Arabic name of the Quranic king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo.
The name is also s ...
ibn Abd al-Malik (715–717)
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Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ( ar, عمر بن عبد العزيز, ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 2 November 680 – ), commonly known as Umar II (), was the eighth Umayyad caliph. He made various significant contributions and reforms to the society, and ...
(717–720)
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Yazid II
Yazid ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, يزيد بن عبد الملك, Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; — 28 January 724), also referred to as Yazid II, was the ninth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 9 February 720 until his death in 724.
Early life
Yazid was b ...
ibn Abd al-Malik (720–724)
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Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik ( ar, هشام بن عبد الملك, Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Malik; 691 – 6 February 743) was the tenth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 724 until his death in 743.
Early life
Hisham was born in Damascus, the administra ...
(724–743)
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al-Walid II
Al-Walīd ibn Yazīd (709 – 17 April 744) ( ar, الوليد بن يزيد) usually known simply as Al-Walid II was an Umayyad Caliph who ruled from 743 until his assassination in the year 744. He succeeded his uncle, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik.
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ibn Yazid II (743–744)
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Yazid III
Yazīd ibn al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (701 – 3/4 October 744) ( ar, يزيد بن الوليد بن عبد الملك) usually known simply as Yazid III was the twelfth Umayyad caliph. He reigned for six months, from April 15 to October 3 or ...
ibn al-Walid (744)
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Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (744)
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Marwan II
Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam ( ar, مروان بن محمد بن مروان بن الحكم, Marwān ibn Muḥammad ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; – 6 August 750), commonly known as Marwan II, was the fourteenth and last caliph of ...
ibn Muhammad (ruled from
Harran
Harran (), historically known as Carrhae ( el, Kάρραι, Kárrhai), is a rural town and district of the Şanlıurfa Province in southeastern Turkey, approximately 40 kilometres (25 miles) southeast of Urfa and 20 kilometers from the border cr ...
in the
Jazira, 744–750)
Abbasid
The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttal ...
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Abdallah ibn Ali (750–754)
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Salih ibn Ali (754)
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Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi (754–764)
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Al-Fadl ibn Salih (766–775)
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Abu Ja'far Harun al-Rashid (783–786)
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Ibrahim ibn as-Salih ibn Ali (c. 785)
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Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Imam (?–788)
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Ibrahim ibn as-Salih ibn Ali (c. 788–791)
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Musa ibn Isa (c. 792)
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Musa ibn Yahya al-Barmaki
Musa ibn Yahya ( ar, موسى بن يحيى, Mūsā ibn Yaḥyā) was a member of the powerful Barmakid family in the service of the Abbasid Caliphate.
Life
Musa was a son of Yahya ibn Khalid. He was not as prominent as his brothers Ja'far and ...
(c. 792)
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Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (793–795)
*Ishaq ibn Isa ibn Ali (c. 795–?)
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Shu'ayb ibn Khazim
Shu'ayb ibn Khazim () was a son of the famed Greater Khorasan, Khurasani Arab general Khazim ibn Khuzayma al-Tamimi, and served as governor of Damascus under Caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809).
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8th-century births
9th-century de ...
(802–803)
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Ja'far ibn Yahya
Jafar ibn Yahya Barmaki, Jafar al-Barmaki ( fa, جعفر بن یحیی برمکی, ar, جعفر بن يحيى, Jafar bin yaḥyā) (767–803) also called Aba-Fadl, was a Persian vizier of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid, succeeding his fathe ...
(803)
*Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (803–804)
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Sulayman ibn al-Mansur (804–805)
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Yahya ibn Mu'adh ibn Muslim
Yahya ibn Mu'adh ibn Muslim () was a senior official and governor for the Abbasid Caliphate.
Yahya was the son of the Persian ''mawla'' Mu'adh ibn Muslim, a distinguished member of the ''Khurasaniyya'', who served the early Abbasids as governor ...
(c. 806)
*Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba (807–809)
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Mansur ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi
Mansour ( ar, منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root '' naṣr'' (نصر), m ...
(809–810)
*Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Harashi (810)
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Sulayman ibn al-Mansur (810)
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Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Bayhas (813–823 or 824/825)
*Ma'yuf ibn Yahya ibn Ma'yuf al-Hamdani or Sadaqa ibn Uthman al-Murri (appointed by viceroy
Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani
Abdallah ibn Tahir ( fa, عبدالله طاهر, ar, عبد الله بن طاهر الخراساني) (ca. 798–844/5) was a military leader and the Tahirid governor of Khurasan from 828 until his death. He is perhaps the most famous of th ...
) (825–?)
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Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid (c. 828)
*Dinar ibn Abd Allah (c. 839)
*Muhammed ibn al-Jahm al-Sami (c. 839)
*Musa ibn Ibrahim al Rafiqi (c. 842)
*Rija ibn Ayyub al-Hadari (841–847)
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Malik ibn Tawk
Malik ibn Tawk ibn Malik ibn 'Attab at-Taghlibi () (died 873) was an Arab Abbasid official during the reigns of caliphs al-Wathiq (r. 842–847) and al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861). He is best known as the founder of the fortress town of al-Rahba on ...
(847–850)
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Ibrahim al-Mu'ayyad ibn al-Mutawakkil (850–855)
*al-Fath ibn Hakan al-Turki (856–861)
*Yunus ibn Tarja (c. 861)
*Isa ibn Muhammad al-Nawshari (861–866)
*Salih ibn al-Abbasi al-Turki (c. 866)
*Ahmad ibn Khalil al Shaybani (c. 866)
*Yamkjur al-Turki (c. 869)
*Asram al-Turki (c. 870)
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Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani, rebel governor (c. 870)
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Amajur al-Turki Amajur al-Turki ( ar, أماجور التركي) (also known as Majur, Anajur and Majura) was a Turkic military officer for the Abbasid Caliphate. He served as the governor of Damascus during the caliphate of al-Mu'tamid, from 870 until his death i ...
(870–878)
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Tulunid Egypt (877–904)
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Ali ibn Amajur al-Turki (878)
**Ahmad ibn Wasif
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Tughj ibn Juff
Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Yiltakīn ibn Fūrān ibn Fūrī ibn Khāqān (died 906) was a Turkic military officer who served the Abbasid Caliphate and the autonomous Tulunids. He was the father of Muhammad al-Ikhshid, the founder of the Ikhshidid dynas ...
(896–905)
*Abbasid restauration:
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Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh
Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh ( ar, أحمد بن كيغلغ) was an Abbasid military officer of Turkic origin who served as governor in Syria and Egypt. He was ousted as governor of Egypt by Muhammad ibn Tughj in 935.
Life
In November 903 he partici ...
(905–906)
**al-Rashidi (928–931)
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Muhammad ibn Tughj
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ṭughj ibn Juff ibn Yiltakīn ibn Fūrān ibn Fūrī ibn Khāqān (8 February 882 – 24 July 946), better known by the title al-Ikhshīd ( ar, الإخشيد) after 939, was an Abbasid commander and governor who becam ...
(931–935)
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Ikhshidid
The Ikhshidid dynasty (, ) was a Turkic mamluk dynasty who ruled Egypt and the Levant from 935 to 969. Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, a Turkic mamluk soldier, was appointed governor by the Abbasid Caliph al-Radi. The dynasty carried the Arabic ...
Egypt (935–969), except for:
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Muhammad Ibn Ra'iq (939–942)
**Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Shahrzuri (943–945)
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Sayf al-Dawla
ʿAlī ibn ʾAbū l-Hayjāʾ ʿAbdallāh ibn Ḥamdān ibn al-Ḥārith al-Taghlibī ( ar, علي بن أبو الهيجاء عبد الله بن حمدان بن الحارث التغلبي, 22 June 916 – 9 February 967), more commonly known ...
(briefly in 945 and 947)
Fatimid
The Fatimid Caliphate was an Ismaili Shi'a
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muh ...
emirs
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Abu Ali Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami (970–971)
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Qarmatian
The Qarmatians ( ar, قرامطة, Qarāmiṭa; ) were a militant Isma'ili Shia movement centred in al-Hasa in Eastern Arabia, where they established a religious-utopian socialist state in 899 CE. Its members were part of a movement that adh ...
occupation of Damascus
*Zalim ibn Mauhab al-Ukayli (973–974)
*Jaysh ibn Muhammad (974)
*Rayn al-Mu'izzi (974)
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Alptakin al-Mu'izzi (975–978)
*Qassam al-Turab (978–983)
;Fatimid recovery of Damascus
*Baltakin al-Turki (983)
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Bakjur
Bakjur was a Circassian military slave (''mamluk'' or '' ghulam'') who served the Hamdanids of Aleppo and later the Fatimids of Egypt. He seized control of Aleppo in 975 and governed it until 977, when the rightful Hamdanid ruler, Sa'd al-Dawla, r ...
(983–991)
*Ya'qub al-Siqlabi (991)
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Manjutakin (993–996)
*Sulayman ibn Fallah (996)
*Bishara al-Ikhshidi (997–998)
*Jaysh ibn Muhammad (998–1000)
*Sulayman ibn Fallah (1000–1002)
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Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Jafar (1002–1004)
*Abu Salih Muflih al-Lihyani (1004–1009)
*Hamid ibn Mulham (1009)
*Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan (1010–1011)
*Badr al-Attar (1011–1012)
*Abu Abdallah al-Muzahhir (1012–1014)
*Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ilyas (1015–1021)
*Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan (1021–1023)
*Shihab ad-Dawlah Shah Tegin (1023–1024)
*Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan (1024–1028)
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Anushtakin ad-Dizbari (1028–1041)
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Nasir ad-Dawlah al-Hamdani (1041–1048)
*Baha ad-Dawlah Takiq al-Saklabi (1048–1049)
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Rifq al-Khadim (1049)
*Mu'in ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Adud ad-Dawlah (1049–1058)
*Makin ad-Dawlah Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (1058)
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Nasir ad-Dawlah al-Hamdani (1058–1060)
*Sebuq Tegin (1060)
*Muwaffaq ad-Dawlah Jauhar al-Mustansiri (1060–1061)
*Hasam ad-Dawlah ibn al-Bachinaki (1061)
*Uddat ad-Dawlah ibn al-Husein (1061)
*Mu'in ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Adud ad-Dawla (1061–1063)
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Badr al-Jamali
Abū'l-Najm Badr ibn ʿAbdallāh al-Jamālī al-Mustanṣirī, better known as Badr al-Jamali ( ar, بدر الجمالى) was an Armenian Shia Muslim Fatimid vizier, and prominent statesman for the Fatimid Caliphate under Caliph al-Mustansir. Hi ...
(1063)
*Hisn ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Mansur (1063–1067)
*Qutb ad-Din Baris Tegin (1068–1069)
*Hisn ad-Dawlah Mualla al-Kitami (1069–1071)
*Zain ad-Dawlah Intisar ibn Yahya al-Masmudi (1075–1076)
Seljuk emirs
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Atsiz ibn Abaq (1076–1079)
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Tutush I
Abu Sa'id Taj al-Dawla Tutush (; died 25 February 1095) or Tutush I, was the Seljuk emir of Damascus from 1078 to 1092, and sultan of Damascus from 1092 to 1094.
Years under Malik Shah
Tutush was a brother of the Seljuk sultan Malik-Shah I. I ...
(1079–1095)
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Duqaq, son of Tutush I (1095–1104)
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Tutush II, son of Duqaq (1104)
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Irtash, son of Tutush I (1104)
Burid emirs
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Toghtekin
Toghtekin or Tughtekin (Modern tr, Tuğtekin; Arabicised epithet: ''Zahir ad-Din Tughtikin''; died February 12, 1128), also spelled Tughtegin, was a Turkic military leader, who was ''atabeg'' of Damascus from 1104 to 1128. He was the founder of ...
(1104–1128)
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Taj al-Muluk Buri (1128–1132)
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Shams al-Mulk Isma'il (1132–1135)
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Shihab ad-Din Mahmud (1135–1139)
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Jamal ad-Din Muhammad
Jamal ( ar, جمال ''/'') is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "beauty",[Jamal]
at BehindTheName.com and a surna ...
(1139–1140)
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Mu'in ad-Din Unur
Mu'in ad-Din Unur al-Atabeki ( tr, Muiniddin Üner; died August 28, 1149) was a Seljuk Turkish ruler of Damascus in the mid-12th century.
Origins
Mu'in ad-Din was originally a Mamluk in the army of Toghtekin, the founder of the Burid Dynasty ...
(Regent, 1140–1149)
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Mujir ad-Din Abaq (1140–1154)
Zengid
The Zengid dynasty was a Muslim dynasty of Oghuz Turkic origin, which ruled parts of the Levant and Upper Mesopotamia on behalf of the Seljuk Empire and eventually seized control of Egypt in 1169. In 1174 the Zengid state extended from Tripoli to ...
atabeg
Atabeg, Atabek, or Atabey is a hereditary title of nobility of Turkic origin, indicating a governor of a nation or province who was subordinate to a monarch and charged with raising the crown prince. The first instance of the title's use was with ...
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Nur ad-Din Mahmud (1154–1174)
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As-Salih Ismail al-Malik (1174)
Ayyubid
The Ayyubid dynasty ( ar, الأيوبيون '; ) was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, Saladin ...
emir
Emir (; ar, أمير ' ), sometimes transliterated amir, amier, or ameer, is a word of Arabic origin that can refer to a male monarch, aristocrat, holder of high-ranking military or political office, or other person possessing actual or cer ...
s (some were also sultans of Egypt)
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Saladin
Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سهلاحهدین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...
(1174–1186)
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Al-Afdal (1186–1196), Son of Saladin
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Al-Adil I
Al-Adil I ( ar, العادل, in full al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub, ar, الملك العادل سيف الدين أبو بكر بن أيوب, "Ahmed, son of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Bakr, the Just K ...
(1196–1218)
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Al-Mu'azzam (1218–1227)
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An-Nasir Dawud
An-Nasir Dawud (1206–1261) was a Kurdish ruler, briefly (1227–1229) Ayyubid sultan of Damascus and later (1229–1248) Emir of Kerak.
An-Nasir Dawud was the son of Al-Mu'azzam, the Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus from 1218 to 1227. On his fath ...
(1227–1229)
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Al-Ashraf __NOTOC__
Al-Ashraf, either from ( ar, الأشرف, 'the most noble') or (, 'the nobles'), may refer to:
People
* Al-Ashraf Al-Barsbay, Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt (1422–1438)
* Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, Mamluk Sultan (1501–1516)
* Al-Ash ...
(1229–1237)
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As-Salih Ismail
As-Salih Ismail may refer to:
*As-Salih Ismail, Emir of Damascus, the Ayyubid ruler of Damascus in the mid-13th century
*As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt, the Mamluk sultan of Egypt between 1342 and 1345
*As-Salih Ismail al-Malik
As-Salih Isma ...
(1237)
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Al-Kamil
Al-Kamil ( ar, الكامل) (full name: al-Malik al-Kamil Naser ad-Din Abu al-Ma'ali Muhammad) (c. 1177 – 6 March 1238) was a Muslim ruler and the fourth Ayyubid sultan of Egypt. During his tenure as sultan, the Ayyubids defeated the Fifth ...
(1237–1238)
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Al-Adil II
Al-Malik al-ʿĀdil Sayf ad-Dīn Abū Bakr ibn Nāṣir ad-Dīn Muḥammad ( ar, سيف الدين الملك العادل أبو بكر بن ناصر الدين محمد, better known as al-Adil II) (c. 1221 – 9 February 1248) was the Ayyubid ...
(1238–1239)
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As-Salih Ayyub
Al-Malik as-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub (5 November 1205 – 22 November 1249), nickname: Abu al-Futuh ( ar, أبو الفتوح), also known as al-Malik al-Salih, was the Ayyubid Kurdish ruler of Egypt from 1240 to 1249.
Early life
In 1221, as- ...
(1239)
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As-Salih Ismail
As-Salih Ismail may refer to:
*As-Salih Ismail, Emir of Damascus, the Ayyubid ruler of Damascus in the mid-13th century
*As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt, the Mamluk sultan of Egypt between 1342 and 1345
*As-Salih Ismail al-Malik
As-Salih Isma ...
(1239–1245)
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As-Salih Ayyub
Al-Malik as-Salih Najm al-Din Ayyub (5 November 1205 – 22 November 1249), nickname: Abu al-Futuh ( ar, أبو الفتوح), also known as al-Malik al-Salih, was the Ayyubid Kurdish ruler of Egypt from 1240 to 1249.
Early life
In 1221, as- ...
(1245–1249)
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Al-Muazzam Turanshah
Turanshah, also Turan Shah ( ar, توران شاه), (? – 2 May 1250), (''epithet:'' al-Malik al-Muazzam Ghayath al-Din Turanshah ( ar, الملك المعظم غياث الدين توران شاه)) was a Kurdish ruler of Egypt, a son of S ...
(1249–1250)
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An-Nasir Yusuf
An-Nasir Yusuf ( ar, الناصر يوسف; AD 1228–1260), fully al-Malik al-Nasir Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn al-Aziz ibn al-Zahir ibn Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shazy (), was the Ayyubid Emir of Syria from his seat in Aleppo (12 ...
(1250–1260)
Mamluk
Mamluk ( ar, مملوك, mamlūk (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural), translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave", also transliterated as ''Mameluke'', ''mamluq'', ''mamluke'', ''mameluk'', ''mameluke'', ''mamaluke'', or ''marmeluke'') i ...
na'ibs
*Sanjar as-Salihi (August/September 1260–October 1260)
[Sato, p. 79.]
*Taybars al-Waziri (October 1260–1264)
*Aqqush as-Salihi (1264–)
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Sunqur al-Ashqar (1279–1280)
*Lajin al-Ashqar (1280–?)
*Aqush Bey (c. 1290s)
*Izz ad-Din Aybak (?–1296)
*Shuja ad-Din Adirlu (1296–1297)
*Sayf ad-Din Kipchak (1297–1299)
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Aqqush al-Afram (1299–1309)
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Sayf ad-Din Tanqiz as-Nasiri (1312–1340)
*Yilbugha an-Nasiri (1340–1350)
*Sayf ad-Din Manjak (1350)
*Tash Timur (c. 1380)
*Yilbugha al-Nasiri (?–1393)
*Sayf ad-Din Tanibak (1393–1399)
*Sudun (1399–1400)
*occupied by
Timur
Timur ; chg, ''Aqsaq Temür'', 'Timur the Lame') or as ''Sahib-i-Qiran'' ( 'Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction'), his epithet. ( chg, ''Temür'', 'Iron'; 9 April 133617–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī ( chg, ''Temür Kür ...
(1400–1401)
*Taghribirdi az-Zahiri (1401–?)
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Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq (1418–1420)
*Kijmas (c. 1470s)
*Ghazali Arab (c. 16th century)
*Sibai (c. 16th century)
*Shihab ad-Din Ahmad (1516–1517)
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Janbirdi al-Ghazali
Janbirdi al-Ghazali ( ar, جان بردي الغزالي; ''Jān-Birdi al-Ghazāli''; died 1521) was the first governor of Damascus Province under the Ottoman Empire from February 1519 until his death in February 1521.
Career Viceroy of Hama and ...
(1518–1521)
Ottoman walis
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Yunus Pasha (c. 1516)
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Janbirdi al-Ghazali
Janbirdi al-Ghazali ( ar, جان بردي الغزالي; ''Jān-Birdi al-Ghazāli''; died 1521) was the first governor of Damascus Province under the Ottoman Empire from February 1519 until his death in February 1521.
Career Viceroy of Hama and ...
(1518–1521)
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Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1521–1522)
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Ferhad Pasha (1522–1523)
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Hurram Pasha (1523–1525)
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Sulayman Pasha al-Tawashi
Sulayman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān'') is an Arabic name of the Biblical king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo.
The name Sulayman is a diminutive of the name Salman (سَلْما ...
(1525–1526)
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Lutf Pasha (1526–1528)
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Isa Bey Pasha Chenderli
Isa or ISA may refer to:
Places
* Isa, Amur Oblast, Russia
* Isa, Kagoshima, Japan
* Isa, Nigeria
* Isa District, Kagoshima, former district in Japan
* Isa Town, middle class town located in Bahrain
* Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
* Mount Is ...
(1528–1531)
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Mustafa Ablaq Pasha
Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى
, Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophets and messengers in Islam, Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic language, Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is ...
(1531–1534)
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Lutf Pasha (1534–1535)
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Isa Bey Pasha Chenderli
Isa or ISA may refer to:
Places
* Isa, Amur Oblast, Russia
* Isa, Kagoshima, Japan
* Isa, Nigeria
* Isa District, Kagoshima, former district in Japan
* Isa Town, middle class town located in Bahrain
* Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
* Mount Is ...
(1535)
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Muhammad Kuzal Pasha
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...
(1536–1537)
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Topal Sulayman Pasha (1537–1538)
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Ahmed Pasha I
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet.
Etymology
The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...
(1538–1539)
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Qese Husrau Pasha (1539–1541)
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Isa Pasha
Isa or ISA may refer to:
Places
* Isa, Amur Oblast, Russia
* Isa, Kagoshima, Japan
* Isa, Nigeria
* Isa District, Kagoshima, former district in Japan
* Isa Town, middle class town located in Bahrain
* Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
* Mount ...
(1541–1543)
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Piri Pasha
The ''piri'' is a Korean double reed instrument, used in both the folk and classical (court) music of Korea. Originating in Central Asia, it was introduced to the Korean peninsula from China, and has been used there as early as the Three Kingdom ...
(1543–1545)
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Sinan Pasha al-Tuwashi
Koca Sinan Pasha ( tr, Koca Sinan Paşa, "Sinan the Great"; c. 1506 - 3 April 1596) was an Albanian-born Ottoman Grand Vizier, military figure, and statesman. From 1580 until his death he served five times as Grand Vizier. In a Ragusan documen ...
(1545–1548)
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Piri Pasha
The ''piri'' is a Korean double reed instrument, used in both the folk and classical (court) music of Korea. Originating in Central Asia, it was introduced to the Korean peninsula from China, and has been used there as early as the Three Kingdom ...
(1550–1551)
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Muhammad Pasha Bartaki (1551–1552)
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Şemsi Pasha (1552–1555)
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Hizr Pasha (1555–1561)
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Ali Pasha Lankun (1561–1563)
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Khusrau Pasha I (1563)
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Lala Mustafa Pasha
Lala Mustafa Pasha ( – 7 August 1580), also known by the additional epithet ''Kara'', was an Ottoman Bosnian general and Grand Vizier from the Sanjak of Bosnia.
Life
He was born around 1500, near the Glasinac in Sokolac Plateau in Bosnia ...
(1563–1569)
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Murad Pasha Shaitan (1569)
*Ali Pasha Lankun (1569–1570)
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Haji Ahmed Pasha
Hajji ( ar, الحجّي; sometimes spelled Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. It is also often used to refer to an elder, since it ...
(1570–1571)
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Darwish Pasha (1571–1574)
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Lala Jafar Pasha
Lala may refer to:
Geography
* Lala language (disambiguation) Places
* Lala (Naples Metro), an underground metro station in Naples, Italy
* Lala, Assam, a town in Assam, India
* Lala, Ilam, a village in Ilam Province, Iran
* Lala, Lanao del Nor ...
(1574–1575)
*Murad Pasha (1575–1577)
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Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha (1577–1581)
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Bahram Pasha (1581–1582)
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Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić
Bodur Hüseyin Pasha ( tr, Bodur Hüseyin Paşa, "the Short"; died 1595) was an Ottoman statesman and government official who served many high-level positions in the Ottoman Empire, including governorship of Bosnia (1594–95), of Damascus (15 ...
(1582–1583)
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Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha (1583)
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Qubad Sulayman Pasha Kavadh ( pal, kwʾt' ''Kawād''; fa, قباد ''Qobād''; la, Cabades, Cavades) may refer to:
*Kay Kawād, mythological figure of Iranian folklore and oral tradition.
*Kavadh I, Sasanian king (r. 488–531)
*Kavadh II
Shērōē (also spelled ...
(1584)
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Üveys Pasha
Üveys Pasha (1512–1547) was an Ottoman Prince, son of Selim I (also known as ''the Grim'' or ''the Inflexible'').
Background
According to the 15th century Ottoman historian Âlî Mustafa Efendi, that Selim had a son born from an unnamed c ...
(1584–1585)
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Elvendoglu Ali Pasha
Elvendoğlu Ali Pasha, known in Arabic as Ali Pasha ibn Alwan, was an Ottoman statesman. He was appointed the ''beylerbey'' (governor-general) of Damascus Eyalet by the vizier Ibrahim Pasha in October 1585, the same month in which a certain Husr ...
(October 1585–1586)
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Üveys Pasha
Üveys Pasha (1512–1547) was an Ottoman Prince, son of Selim I (also known as ''the Grim'' or ''the Inflexible'').
Background
According to the 15th century Ottoman historian Âlî Mustafa Efendi, that Selim had a son born from an unnamed c ...
(1586–1587)
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Muhammad Pasha Farhad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
(1587–1588)
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Üveys Pasha
Üveys Pasha (1512–1547) was an Ottoman Prince, son of Selim I (also known as ''the Grim'' or ''the Inflexible'').
Background
According to the 15th century Ottoman historian Âlî Mustafa Efendi, that Selim had a son born from an unnamed c ...
(1588–1589)
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Elwanzade Ali Pasha (1589–1590)
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Koca Sinan Pasha
Koca Sinan Pasha ( tr, Koca Sinan Paşa, "Sinan the Great"; c. 1506 - 3 April 1596) was an Albanian-born Ottoman Grand Vizier, military figure, and statesman. From 1580 until his death he served five times as Grand Vizier. In a Ragusan docum ...
(1590)
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Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha (1590–1591)
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Mustafa Pasha I (1591–1592)
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Khalil Pasha (1592–1593)
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Qachirji Mohammad Pasha (1593–1594)
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Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha (1594)
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Kuyucu Murad Pasha (1594–1595)
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Khusrau Pasha II Khosrow ( fa, خسرو; also spelled Khusrow, Khusraw, Khusrau, Khusro, Chosro or Osro) may refer to:
* Khosrow (word), a given name also used as a title
Iranian rulers
* Khosrow I, Sasanian ruler 531–579
* Khosrow II, Sasanian ruler 590–6 ...
(1595–1596)
*
Razia Hutunzade Mustafa Pasha Razia or Raziya may refer to
*Razia (name)
*Razia Sultan (disambiguation)
*''Raghuvinte Swantham Raziya'', a 2011 Malayalam romantic drama film
*''Razia's Shadow: A Musical'', a 2008 album by Forgive Durden
{{disambiguation ...
(1596–1597)
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Yusuf Sinan Pasha (1597–1598)
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Ahmed Pasha II
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet.
Etymology
The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ...
(1598)
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Ahmed Pasha III
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet.
Etymology
The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ...
(1598)
*
Khusrau Pasha II Khosrow ( fa, خسرو; also spelled Khusrow, Khusraw, Khusrau, Khusro, Chosro or Osro) may refer to:
* Khosrow (word), a given name also used as a title
Iranian rulers
* Khosrow I, Sasanian ruler 531–579
* Khosrow II, Sasanian ruler 590–6 ...
(1599)
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Emir Mehmed Pasha
Seyyid Emir Mehmed Pasha ( tr, Şerif/Seyyid/Emir Mehmed Paşa), known by the epithet "al-Sharif" among his Arab subjects, was an Ottoman statesman who served as defterdar (finance minister) (1589–1593, 1595), Ottoman governor of Egypt (159 ...
(1599–1600)
*Osman Pasha (1601–1603)
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Farhad Pasha Bustanji
Farhad ( fa, فرهاد ''farhād''), also spelt Ferhaad or Ferhod, has been a Persian name for men since the Parthians, first recorded for Arsacid kings circa 170 BC.
Etymology
Modern Persian name ''Farhād'' () is derived from Middle Persian '' ...
(1603–1604)
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Mustafa Pasha II
Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى
, Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Given name Mo ...
(1604–1607)
*Mahmud Pasha (1607–1608)
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Sufi Sinan Pasha
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
(1608–1609)
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Ahmad al-Hafiz (1609–1615)
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Silihdar Mehmed Pasha (1615–1618)
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Ahmad al-Hafiz (1618–1619)
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Mustafa Pasha III
Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى
, Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Given name ...
(1619–1620)
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Sulayman Pasha I
Sulayman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān'') is an Arabic name of the Biblical king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo.
The name Sulayman is a diminutive of the name Salman (سَلْما ...
(1620–1621)
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Murtaza Pasha Bustanji (1621–1622)
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Mehmed Pasha Rushand (1622–1623)
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Mustafa Pasha al-Hannaq
Mustafa ( ar, مصطفى
, Muṣṭafā) is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Given name ...
(1623–1624)
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Nigdeli Mustafa Pasha (1624–1625)
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Gurju Mehmed Pasha I (1625–1626)
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Tayar Oglu Mehmed Pasha (1626–1628)
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Küçük Ahmed Pasha
Küçük Ahmed Pasha (died 21 September 1636) was an Ottoman military commander who twice served as '' beylerbey'' (governor-general) of Damascus, one term as ''beylerbey'' of Anatolia and died commanding troops against Safavid Iran. By eliminati ...
(1628–1629)
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Mustafa Pasha IV (1629–1630)
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Nawaya Mehmed Pasha (1630–1631)
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Ilyas Pasha
Ilyas ( ar, إلياس) is a form of the masculine given name Elias or Elijah.
Notable people with this given name
* Ilyas son of Mudar, ancestor of Muhammad
* Muhammad Ilyas Qadri, Founder of Dawat-e-Islami
* Ilyas Babar (1926-2002), Indian athl ...
(1632–1633)
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Deli Yusuf Pasha (1633–1635)
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Küçük Ahmed Pasha
Küçük Ahmed Pasha (died 21 September 1636) was an Ottoman military commander who twice served as '' beylerbey'' (governor-general) of Damascus, one term as ''beylerbey'' of Anatolia and died commanding troops against Safavid Iran. By eliminati ...
(1635–1636)
*Dervish Mehmed Pasha (1636–1638)
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Mustafa Pasha IV (1638–1639)
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Chifteli Othman Pasha (1639–1640)
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Mehmed Pasha I
Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of M ...
(1640–1641)
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Serji Ahmed Pasha (1641–1642)
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Melik Ahmed Pasha
Мelik (also transliterated as ''Meliq'') ( ''melikʿ''; from ar, ملك ''malik'' (king)) was a hereditary Armenian noble title, in various Eastern Armenian principalities known as ''melikdom''s encompassing modern Yerevan, Kars, Nakhichev ...
(1642–1643)
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Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha
Semiz Mehmed Pasha (1596 – July 1646) was an Ottoman grand vizier and a descendant of Suleiman the Magnificent.
Biography
He was born in 1596. His father, Sultanzade Abdurrahman Bey, was a son of Ayşe Hümaşah Sultan, daughter of Rü ...
(1643)
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Silihdar Yusuf Pasha (1643–1644)
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Gurju Mehmed Pasha II (1644–1645)
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Ibrahim Pasha I
Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam.
For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam.
Ibrahim may also refer to:
* Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people w ...
(1645)
*
Mehmed Pasha Salami
Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muha ...
(1645–1646)
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Gürcê Mehmed (1646)
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Silahdar Yusuf Pasha
Silahdar Yusuf Pasha ( tr, Silahdar Yusuf Paşa, ar, يوسف باشا; 1604–1646), was an Ottoman '' vezir'' and admiral ( Kapudan Pasha, grand admiral of the Ottoman fleet), known for conquering Chania in western Crete in only 54 days i ...
(1646–1647)
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Sufi Murteza Pasha
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
(1647)
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Sofu Mehmed Pasha (1648)
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Ibşir Mustafa Pasha (1649)
*Mehmed Pasha II (1649–1650)
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Silahdar Murtaza Pasha
The Silahdar Agha was a palace office of the Ottoman Empire, denoting the principal page of the Ottoman Sultan. As such its holders were persons of great influence, and provided many senior officials and even Grand Viziers.
The title derives from ...
(1650)
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Sivaslı Mustafa Pasha
Sivaslı, formerly known as Sebaste ( gr, Σεβαστείας, Sebasten) is a town and district of Uşak . Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. Sebaste ancient city area is away from Sivaslı town center today.
The ancient city of ...
(1650)
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Haseki Mehmed Pasha
Haseki Mehmed Pasha (also known as Mehmed Pasha Haseki or Mehmed Pasha Abu'l-Nur; 1648–1661) was an Ottoman statesman and administrator. He served as the Ottoman governor of Damascus Eyalet (1650–52, 1656), Egypt Eyalet (1652–56),"Mehmed P ...
(1650–1652)
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Defterzade Mehmed Pasha (1653–1655)
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Kara Murat Pasha (1655; died before taking office)
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Haseki Mehmed Pasha
Haseki Mehmed Pasha (also known as Mehmed Pasha Haseki or Mehmed Pasha Abu'l-Nur; 1648–1661) was an Ottoman statesman and administrator. He served as the Ottoman governor of Damascus Eyalet (1650–52, 1656), Egypt Eyalet (1652–56),"Mehmed P ...
(1656)
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1659–1661)
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Sulayman Pasha II
Sulayman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān'') is an Arabic name of the Biblical king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning "man of peace", derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo.
The name Sulayman is a diminutive of the name Salman (سَلْما ...
(1661–1663)
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Ribleli Mustafa Pasha (1663–1665)
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Salih Pasha I
Salih (; ar, صَالِحٌ, Ṣāliḥ, lit=Pious), also spelled Saleh (), is an Arab prophet mentioned in the Quran who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud in ancient Arabia, before the lifetime of Muhammad. The story of Salih is linked t ...
(1665–1666)
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Qara Mustafa Pasha (1666–1667)
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Mehmed Pasha Chewish Oglu
Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad ( ar, محمد) (''Muhammed'' and ''Muhammet'' are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muha ...
(1667–1669)
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Ibrahim Pasha Shaytan (1669–1671)
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Abazekh Husein Pasha (1671–1672)
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Qara Mehmed Pasha (1672–1673)
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Ibrahim Pasha Shushman
Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam.
For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam.
Ibrahim may also refer to:
* Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people w ...
(1673–1674)
*
Qer Husein Pasha (1674–1675)
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Ibrahim Pasha II
Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam.
For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam.
Ibrahim may also refer to:
* Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people w ...
(1675–1676)
*
Bosniak Osman Pasha (1676–1679)
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Abazekh Husein Pasha (1679–1683)
*
Ibrahim Pasha III
Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam.
For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam.
Ibrahim may also refer to:
* Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people ...
(1684)
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Bosniak Osman Pasha (1684–1685)
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Kaplan Pasha (1686–1687)
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Arap Salih Pasha
The Arap or Arab ( so, Arab, ar, أرب, Full Name: ''Muḥammad ibn ash-Shaykh Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad bin al-Ḥusayn al-Hāshimīy'' ) clan is a major clan of the wider Isaaq clan family and is the twin of Garhajis (Ismail), according to the cl ...
(1687–1688)
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Hamza Pasha (1688–1689)
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Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha (1690)
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Murtaza Pasha (1690–1691)
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Gurju Mehmed Pasha III (1691–1692)
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Çelebi Ismail Pasha (1692–1693)
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Ibshir Mustafa Pasha (1693–1694)
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Silihdar Osman Pasha (1695–1696)
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Silihdar Buuqli Mustafa Pasha (1696–1697)
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Ahmad Pasha Hacigirai (1697–1698)
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Silihdar Husein Pasha (1699)
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Silihdar Hasan Pasha (1700)
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Arslan Mehmed Pasha Matracyoghlu
Arslan Mehmed Mataraci Pasha, also Arslan Muhammad Pasha ibn al-Mataraji (died 1704), was the ''wali'' of Tripoli in 1694–1700 and 1702–1703, Damascus in 1701 and Sidon in 1703–1704.
Biography
Arslan was the son or grandson of Matarci Ali, a ...
(1701)
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Salih Agha (1702)
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Mehmed Pasha Kurd-Bayram
Mehmed Pasha Kurd Bayram-zade (transliterated in Arabic as ''Muhammad Pasha ibn al-Kurd Bayram''), also known as Çerkes Mehmed Pasha (transliterated in Arabic as ''Muhammad Pasha al-Jarkasi'') was an Ottoman statesman. He served as the district g ...
(1702–1703)
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Osman Pasha Arnavud (1703)
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Arslan Mehmed Pasha Matracyoghlu
Arslan Mehmed Mataraci Pasha, also Arslan Muhammad Pasha ibn al-Mataraji (died 1704), was the ''wali'' of Tripoli in 1694–1700 and 1702–1703, Damascus in 1701 and Sidon in 1703–1704.
Biography
Arslan was the son or grandson of Matarci Ali, a ...
(1703–1704)
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Defterdar Mustafa Pasha (1704)
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Firari Hüseyin Pasha (1704–1705)
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Mehmed Pasha Kurd-Bayram
Mehmed Pasha Kurd Bayram-zade (transliterated in Arabic as ''Muhammad Pasha ibn al-Kurd Bayram''), also known as Çerkes Mehmed Pasha (transliterated in Arabic as ''Muhammad Pasha al-Jarkasi'') was an Ottoman statesman. He served as the district g ...
(1705–1706)
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Baltaci Süleyman Pasha (1706–1707)
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Yusuf Pasha Qapudan
Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name ...
(1707–1708)
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Nasuh Pasha al-Aydini Nasuh (also spelled Nasouh, ar, نصوح) is an Arabic masculine given name that may refer to:
Given name
* Matrakçı Nasuh (1480 – c. 1564), Ottoman Bosnian polymath
* Nasouh Al Nakdali (born 1993), Syrian footballer
* Nasuh Akar (1925–1984) ...
(1708–1714)
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Topal Yusuf Pasha (1714–1716)
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Kapudan Ibrahim Pasha (1716–1717)
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Köprülü Abdullah Pasha (1717–1718)
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Recep Pasha Recep Pasha (also transliterated in the past as Rajab Pasha or Ragab Pasha or Receb Pasha, or Rajab Bacha or even Rajab Basha; died 1726) was an Ottoman statesman.
Recep Pasha became a vizier in September 1707 and served as the Ottoman governor o ...
(1718–1719)
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Çerkes Osman Pasha Abu Tawq (1719–1721)
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Ali Pasha Maqtuloğlu
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
(1721–1723)
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Çerkes Osman Pasha Abu Tawq (1723–1725)
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Ismail Pasha al-Azm (1725–November/December 1730)
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Muhsinzâde Abdullah Pasha (November/December 1730–December 1730)
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Ayndınlı Abdullah Pasha (December 1730–1734)
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Sulayman Pasha al-Azm
Sulayman Pasha al-Azm ( ar, سليمان باشا العظم; tr, Azmzâde Süleyman Paşa; died August 1743) was the governor of Sidon Eyalet (1727–33), Damascus Eyalet (1733–38, 1741–43), and Egypt Eyalet (1739–40) under the Ottoman Emp ...
(1734–1738)
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Hüseyin Pasha Bostancı (1738–1739)
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Muhassıl Osman Pasha
Muhassıl Osman Pasha ("Osman Pasha the Tax-collector"; died 27 November 1750), also known as Halepli Osman Pasha ("of Aleppo") or Uthman Pasha al-Halabi, was an Ottoman Empire, Ottoman statesman. He served as the Ottoman governor of various provi ...
(1739–1740)
*Abdî Pashazâde Ali Pasha (1740–1741)
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Sulayman Pasha al-Azm
Sulayman Pasha al-Azm ( ar, سليمان باشا العظم; tr, Azmzâde Süleyman Paşa; died August 1743) was the governor of Sidon Eyalet (1727–33), Damascus Eyalet (1733–38, 1741–43), and Egypt Eyalet (1739–40) under the Ottoman Emp ...
(1741–1743)
*As'ad Pasha al-Azm (1743–1757)
*Husayn Pasha ibn Makki (1757–1758)
*Çeteci Abdullah Pasha (1758–1759)
*Muhammad Pasha al-Shalik (1759–1760)
*Uthman Pasha al-Kurji (1760–1771)
*Muhammad Pasha al-Azm (1771–1772)
*Hafiz Mustafa Pasha Bustanji (1773–1783)
*Mehmed Pasha al-Kurji (1783)
*Darwish Pasha al-Kurji (1783–1784)
*Jazzar Pasha, Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (1784–1786)
*Husayn Pasha Battal (1786–1787)
*Keki Abdi Pasha, Abdi Pasha (1787–1788)
*Ibrahim Pasha al-Dalati (1788–1789)
*Jazzar Pasha, Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (1790–1795)
*Abdullah Pasha al-Azm (1795–1798)
*Jazzar Pasha, Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (1798–1799)
*Abdullah Pasha al-Azm (1799–1803)
*Jazzar Pasha, Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (1803–1804)
*Abdullah Pasha al-Azm (1804–1807)
*Kunj Yusuf Pasha (1807–1810)
*Sulayman Pasha al-Adil (1810–1812)
*Silahdar Süleyman Pasha (February 1812–May 1816)
[Douwes, 2000, p. 58.]
*Sulayman Pasha al-Adil (1816; interim)
*Hafiz Amasyali Ali Pasha (1816–March 1817)
*Salih Pasha (fl. 1817), Salih Pasha (March 1817–1817)
*Izmirli Süleyman Pasha (1817–1819)
*Dervish Mehmed Pasha (governor), Dervish Mehmed Pasha (1819–1822)
*Beylanli Mustafa Pasha (June 1822–April 1823)
*Salih Pasha (fl. 1823–1824), Salih Pasha (April 1823–January 1824)
*Muftizade Ahmed Pasha (1824–May 1824)
*Haci Veliyeddin Pasha (1825–1826)
*Hakki Ismail Pasha (October 1826–1827)
*Izmirli Haci Salih Pasha (1827–1828)
*Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha (1828–1831)
*Mehmed Selim Pasha (1831–1832)
*to Egypt, autonomous from the Ottoman Empire
**Ahmed Bey (1831–1832)
**Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Ibrahim Pasha (1832)
**Muhammad Sharif Pasha al-Kabir (1832–1838)
**vacant (1838–1840)
*Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1840–1841)
*Mehmed Reshid Pasha (1841–1844)
*Mehmed Namık Pasha (1845–1846)
*Riza Pasha (1845–1846)
*Musa Sefveti Pasha (1846)
*Namiq Pasha (1848)
*Mehmed Namık Pasha (1848–1850)
*Osman Pasha Said Pasha (1850–1852)
*Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1852)
*Açaf Pasha (1852–1854)
*Arif Mehmed Pasha (1854–1855)
*Mehmed Namık Pasha (1855)
*Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1855–1857)
*Izzet Ahmed Pasha (1857)
*Ali Pasha II (1858)
*Mu'amer Pasha (1860)
*Mehmed Fuad Pasha (1860–1861)
*Ahmed Pasha IV (1861)
*Emin Muhlis Pasha (1861–1862)
*Mehmed Rashid Pasha, Mehmed Reshid Pasha (1862–1864)
*Müterçim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha (1864–1865)
*Rashid Pasha (governor of Syria), Reshid Pasha (1865–1871)
*Subhi Pasha (1871–1873)
*Sherif Mehmed Re'uf Pasha (1873–1874)
*Ahmed Esad Pasha, Esad Pasha (1874–1875)
*Ahmed Hamdi Pasha (1875–1876)
*Ahmed Pasha V (1876–1877)
*Küçük Ömer Fevzi Pasha (1877–1878)
*Midhat Pasha (13 November 1878–1 August 1880)
*Hamdi Pasha (1880–1885)
*Rashid Nashid Pasha (1885–1888)
*Manastirli Mehmed Nazif Pasha (1888–1889)
*Mustafa Asim Pasha (1889–1891)
*Topal Osman Nuri Pasha (1891–1892)
*Sherif Mehmed Rauf Pasha (1892–1894)
*Haçi Osman Nuri Pasha (1894–1895)
*Hasan Pasha II (1896–1897)
*Hüseyin Nâzım Pasha (1897–1906)
*Shukri Pasha (1906–1909)
*Ismail Fazil Bey (1909–1911)
*Ismail Ghalib Bey (1911–1912)
*Kiazim Pasha (1912–1913)
*Arif Bey (1913)
*Mehmed Arif Bey Mardin (1914)
*Jamal Pasha (1915)
*Azmi Pasha (1915–1916)
*Hasan Tahsin Uzer, Tahsin Bey (1916–1918)
*Mehmed Gabriel Pasha (1918)
*Shukri Pasha (October 1–2, 1918)
Arab Kingdom of Syria
*Faisal I of Iraq, Faisal (1918–1920)
Capital of Syria
*French Syria (1920–1946)
*Second Syrian Republic, Republic of Syria (1946–1958)
*United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
*Syria, Syrian Arab Republic (1961–present)
See also
* Timeline of Damascus
*List of rulers of Aleppo
References
Bibliography
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