Damascus Sham city, Jasmine city

capital and largest city of Syria

Country:: 734 BC

Aram-Damascus

at present

Syria

1944-01-01

French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon

1917

Ottoman Empire

1516

Mamluk Sultanate

1260

Seljuk Empire

1078

Abbasid Caliphate

749

Umayyad Caliphate

661

Rashidun Caliphate

634

Byzantine Empire

394

Roman Empire

105

Nabataeans

37

Biblioteca Nacional de España	18
National Library of Finland	4
Czech Literary Bibligraphy	2
Polish Literary Bibliography	1

Book	19
Journal article	8

Abd al Salam, Fateh	1
Cela, Camilo José (1916-2002)	1
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616)	1
Cieslar, Jiří, 1951-2006	1
Filip, Ladislav, 1898-1986	1

Undefined	26
Literature	1

Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher (1923-1998)

Born here

Syrian writer

Born here

Syrian writer, poet and journalist

Born here

Iraqi poet (1926–1999)

Died here

Polish theatre director (1929-1975)

Died here

English historian (1821–1862)

Died here

Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)

Died here

Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer (1292-1350)

Arab Andalusian Sufi mystic and philosopher

Died here

All persons 24