List of rulers of Damascus
This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present.
- General context: History of Damascus.
 
- Rezon I (c. 950 BC)
 - Tabrimmon
 - Ben-Hadad I (c. 885 BCE–c. 865 BC)
 - Hadadezer (c. 865 BC–c. 842 BC)
 - Hazael (c. 842 BC–c. 804 BC)
 - Ben-Hadad III (c. 796 BC)
 - Tab-El (c. 770 BC)
 - Rezon II (c. 740 BC–732 BC)
 
Period of non-independence
- to Assyria (732 BC–609 BC)
- Ilu-Ittia (c. 8th century BC)
 
 - to Babylon (609 BC–539 BC)
 - to Persian Achaemenid Empire (539 BC–332 BC)
 - to Macedon (332 BC–323 BC)
 - to Antigonids (323 BC–301 BC)
 - to Ptolemaic Kingdom (301 BC–198 BC)
 - to Seleucids (198 BC–167 BC)
 - to Ituraea (167 BC–110 BC) (Semi independent from Seleucids)
 - to the Decapolis (110 BC–85 BC) (Semi independent from Seleucids)
 - to Nabataea (85 BC–64 BC)
 - to the Roman Republic/Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire (64 BC–635)
- to the Ghassanids (529–584; ?–635)
 
 
Rashidun period
- Khalid ibn al-Walid (635–636)
 - Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah (636–637)
 - Amr ibn al-Aas (637–640)
 - Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (640)
 - Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan (640–661)
 
Umayyad period
- Muawiyah I ibn Abu Sufyan (661–680)
 - Yazid I ibn Muawiyah (680–683)
 - Muawiya II ibn Yazid (683–684)
 - Marwan I ibn Hakam (684–685)
 - Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685–705)
 - al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik (705–715)
 - Suleiman ibn Abd al-Malik (715–717)
 - Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (717–720)
 - Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik (720–724)
 - Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (724–743)
 - al-Walid II ibn Yazid II (743–744)
 - Yazid III ibn al-Walid (744)
 - Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (744)
 - Marwan II ibn Muhammad (ruled from Harran in the Jazira, 744–750)
 
Abbasid period
- Abdallah ibn Ali (750–754)
 - Salih ibn Ali (754)
 - Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi (754–764)
 - Al-Fadl ibn Salih (766–775)
 - Abu Ja'far Harun ibn al-Mahdi (783–786)
 - Ibrahim ibn as-Salih ibn Ali (c. 785)
 - Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Imam (?–788)
 - Ibrahim ibn as-Salih ibn Ali (c. 788–791)
 - Musa ibn Isa (c. 792)
 - Musa ibn Yahya al-Barmaki (c. 792)
 - Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (793–795)
 - Ishaq ibn Isa ibn Ali (c. 795–?)
 - Shu'ayb ibn Khazim (802–803)
 - Ja'far ibn Yahya (803)
 - Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (803–804)
 - Sulayman ibn al-Mansur (804–805)
 - Yahya ibn Mu'adh ibn Muslim (c. 806)
 - Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba (807–809)
 - Mansur ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi (809–810)
 - Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Harashi (810)
 - Sulayman ibn al-Mansur (810)
 - 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) (825–?)
 - 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)
 - Malik ibn Tawk (847–850)
 - 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)
 - Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani, rebel governor (c. 870)
 - Amajur al-Turki (870–878)
 
- to Tulunid Egypt (877–904)
- Ali ibn Amajur al-Turki (878)
 - Ahmad ibn Wasif
 - Tughj ibn Juff (896–905)
 
 
- Abbasid restoration:
- Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh (905–906)
 - al-Rashidi (928–931)
 - Muhammad ibn Tughj (931–935)
 
 
- to Ikhshidid Egypt (935–969), except for:
- Muhammad Ibn Ra'iq (939–942)
 - Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Shahrzuri (943–945)
 - Sayf al-Dawla (briefly in 945 and 947)
 
 
Fatimid emirs
- Abu Ali Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami (970–971)
 
- Qarmatian occupation of Damascus
 
- Zalim ibn Mauhab al-Ukayli (973–974)
 - Jaysh ibn Muhammad (974)
 - Rayn al-Mu'izzi (974)
 - Alptakin al-Mu'izzi (975–978)
 - Qassam al-Turab (978–983)
 
- Fatimid recovery of Damascus
 
- Baltakin al-Turki (983)
 - Bakjur (983–991)
 - Ya'qub as-Saqlabi (991)
 - Manjutakin (993–996)
 - Sulayman ibn Fallah (996)
 - Bishara al-Ikhshidi (997–998)
 - Jaysh ibn Muhammad (998–1000)
 - Sulayman ibn Fallah (1000–1002)
 - 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)
 - Anushtakin ad-Dizbari (1028–1041)
 - Nasir ad-Dawlah al-Hamdani (1041–1048)
 - Baha ad-Dawlah Takiq al-Saklabi (1048–1049)
 - 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)
 - 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)
 - Badr al-Jamali (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
- Atsiz ibn Abaq (1076–1079)
 - Tutush I (1079–1095)
 - Duqaq, son of Tutush I (1095–1104)
 - Tutush II, son of Duqaq (1104)
 - Irtash, son of Tutush I (1104)
 
Burid emirs
- Toghtekin (1104–1128)
 - Taj al-Muluk Buri (1128–1132)
 - Shams al-Mulk Isma'il (1132–1135)
 - Shihab ad-Din Mahmud (1135–1139)
 - Jamal ad-Din Muhammad (1139–1140)
 - Mu'in ad-Din Unur (Regent, 1140–1149)
 - Mujir ad-Din Abaq (1140–1154)
 
- Nur ad-Din Mahmud (1154–1174)
 - As-Salih Ismail al-Malik (1174)
 
- Saladin (1174–1186)
 - Al-Afdal (1186–1196), Son of Saladin
 - Al-Adil I (1196–1218)
 - Al-Mu'azzam (1218–1227)
 - An-Nasir Dawud (1227–1229)
 - Al-Ashraf (1229–1237)
 - As-Salih Ismail (1237)
 - Al-Kamil (1237–1238)
 - Al-Adil II (1238–1239)
 - As-Salih Ayyub (1239)
 - As-Salih Ismail (1239–1245)
 - As-Salih Ayyub (1245–1249)
 - Al-Muazzam Turanshah (1249–1250)
 - An-Nasir Yusuf (1250–1260)
 
Mamluk na'ibs
- Sanjar as-Salihi (August/September 1260–October 1260)[2]
 - Taybars al-Waziri (October 1260–1264)[2]
 - Aqqush as-Salihi (1264–)[2]
 - 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)
 - Aqqush al-Afram (1299–1309)
 - Sayf ad-Din Tanqiz an-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 (1400–1401)
 - Taghribirdi az-Zahiri (1401–?)
 - Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq (1418–1420)
 - Kijmas (c. 1470s)
 - Ghazali Arab (c. 16th century)
 - Sibai (c. 16th century)[3]
 - Shihab ad-Din Ahmad (1516–1517)
 - Janbirdi al-Ghazali (1518–1521)
 
Ottoman walis
- Yunus Pasha (c. 1516)
 - Janbirdi al-Ghazali (1518–1521)
 - Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1521–1522)
 - Ferhad Pasha (1522–1523)
 - Hurram Pasha (1523–1525)
 - Sulayman Pasha al-Tawashi (1525–1526)
 - Lutf Pasha (1526–1528)
 - Isa Bey Pasha Chenderli (1528–1531)
 - Mustafa Ablaq Pasha (1531–1534)
 - Lutf Pasha (1534–1535)
 - Isa Bey Pasha Chenderli (1535)
 - Muhammad Kuzal Pasha (1536–1537)
 - Topal Sulayman Pasha (1537–1538)
 - Ahmed Pasha I (1538–1539)
 - Qese Husrau Pasha (1539–1541)
 - Isa Pasha (1541–1543)
 - Piri Pasha (1543–1545)
 - Sinan Pasha al-Tuwashi (1545–1548)[4]
 - Piri Pasha (1550–1551)
 - Muhammad Pasha Bartaki (1551–1552)
 - Şemsi Pasha (1552–1555)
 - Hizr Pasha (1555–1561)
 - Ali Pasha Lankun (1561–1563)
 - Khusrau Pasha I (1563)
 - Lala Mustafa Pasha (1563–1569)
 - Murad Pasha Shaitan (1569)
 - Ali Pasha Lankun (1569–1570)
 - Haji Ahmed Pasha (1570–1571)
 - Darwish Pasha (1571–1574)
 - Lala Jafar Pasha (1574–1575)
 - Murad Pasha (1575–1577)
 - Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha (1577–1581)
 - Bahram Pasha (1581–1582)
 - Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić (1582–1583)
 - Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha (1583)
 - Qubad Sulayman Pasha (1584)
 - Üveys Pasha (1584–1585)
 - Elvendoglu Ali Pasha (October 1585–1586)
 - Üveys Pasha (1586–1587)
 - Muhammad Pasha Farhad (1587–1588)
 - Üveys Pasha (1588–1589)
 - Elwanzade Ali Pasha (1589–1590)
 - Koca Sinan Pasha (1590)
 - Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha (1590–1591)
 - Mustafa Pasha I (1591–1592)
 - Khalil Pasha (1592–1593)
 - Qachirji Mohammad Pasha (1593–1594)
 - Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha (1594)
 - Kuyucu Murad Pasha (1594–1595)
 - Khusrau Pasha II (1595–1596)
 - Razia Hutunzade Mustafa Pasha (1596–1597)
 - Yusuf Sinan Pasha (1597–1598)
 - Ahmed Pasha II (1598)
 - Ahmed Pasha III (1598)
 - Khusrau Pasha II (1599)
 - Emir Mehmed Pasha (1599–1600)
 - Osman Pasha (1601–1603)
 - Farhad Pasha Bustanji (1603–1604)
 - Mustafa Pasha II (1604–1607)
 - Mahmud Pasha (1607–1608)
 - Sufi Sinan Pasha (1608–1609)
 - Ahmad al-Hafiz (1609–1615)
 - Silihdar Mehmed Pasha (1615–1618)
 - Ahmad al-Hafiz (1618–1619)
 - Mustafa Pasha III (1619–1620)
 - Sulayman Pasha I (1620–1621)
 - Murtaza Pasha Bustanji (1621–1622)
 - Mehmed Pasha Rushand (1622–1623)
 - Mustafa Pasha al-Hannaq (1623–1624)
 - Nigdeli Mustafa Pasha (1624–1625)
 - Gurju Mehmed Pasha I (1625–1626)
 - Tayar Oglu Mehmed Pasha (1626–1628)
 - Küçük Ahmed Pasha (1628–1629)
 - Mustafa Pasha IV (1629–1630)
 - Nawaya Mehmed Pasha (1630–1631)
 - Ilyas Pasha (1632–1633)
 - Deli Yusuf Pasha (1633–1635)
 - Küçük Ahmed Pasha (1635–1636)
 - Dervish Mehmed Pasha (1636–1638)
 - Mustafa Pasha IV (1638–1639)
 - Chifteli Othman Pasha (1639–1640)
 - Mehmed Pasha I (1640–1641)
 - Serji Ahmed Pasha (1641–1642)
 - Melik Ahmed Pasha (1642–1643)
 - Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha (1643)
 - Silihdar Yusuf Pasha (1643–1644)
 - Gurju Mehmed Pasha II (1644–1645)
 - Ibrahim Pasha I (1645)
 - Mehmed Pasha Salami (1645–1646)
 - Gürcê Mehmed (1646)
 - Silahdar Yusuf Pasha (1646–1647)
 - Sufi Murteza Pasha (1647)
 - Sofu Mehmed Pasha (1648)
 - Ibşir Mustafa Pasha (1649)
 - Mehmed Pasha II (1649–1650)
 - Silahdar Murtaza Pasha (1650)
 - Sivaslı Mustafa Pasha (1650)
 - Haseki Mehmed Pasha (1650–1652)
 - Defterzade Mehmed Pasha (1653–1655)
 - Kara Murat Pasha (1655; died before taking office)
 - Haseki Mehmed Pasha (1656)
 - Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (1659–1661)
 - Sulayman Pasha II (1661–1663)
 - Ribleli Mustafa Pasha (1663–1665)
 - Salih Pasha I (1665–1666)
 - Qara Mustafa Pasha (1666–1667)
 - Mehmed Pasha Chewish Oglu (1667–1669)
 - Ibrahim Pasha Shaytan (1669–1671)
 - Abazekh Husein Pasha (1671–1672)
 - Qara Mehmed Pasha (1672–1673)
 - Ibrahim Pasha Shushman (1673–1674)
 - Qer Husein Pasha (1674–1675)
 - Ibrahim Pasha II (1675–1676)
 - Bosniak Osman Pasha (1676–1679)
 - Abazekh Husein Pasha (1679–1683)
 - Ibrahim Pasha III (1684)
 - Bosniak Osman Pasha (1684–1685)
 - Kaplan Pasha (1686–1687)
 - Arap Salih Pasha (1687–1688)
 - Hamza Pasha (1688–1689)
 - Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha (1690)
 - Murtaza Pasha (1690–1691)
 - Gurju Mehmed Pasha III (1691–1692)
 - Çelebi Ismail Pasha (1692–1693)
 - Ibshir Mustafa Pasha (1693–1694)
 - Silihdar Osman Pasha (1695–1696)
 - Silihdar Buuqli Mustafa Pasha (1696–1697)
 - Ahmad Pasha Hacigirai (1697–1698)
 - Silihdar Husein Pasha (1699)
 - Silihdar Hasan Pasha (1700)
 - Arslan Mehmed Pasha Matracyoghlu (1701)
 - Salih Agha (1702)
 - Mehmed Pasha Kurd-Bayram (1702–1703)
 - Osman Pasha Arnavud (1703)
 - Arslan Mehmed Pasha Matracyoghlu (1703–1704)
 - Defterdar Mustafa Pasha (1704)
 - Firari Hüseyin Pasha (1704–1705)
 - Mehmed Pasha Kurd-Bayram (1705–1706)
 - Baltacı Süleyman Pasha (1706–1707)
 - Yusuf Pasha Qapudan (1707–1708)
 - Nasuh Pasha al-Aydini (1708–1714)[5]
 - Topal Yusuf Pasha (1714–1716)[5]
 - Kapudan Ibrahim Pasha (1716–1717)[5]
 - Köprülü Abdullah Pasha (1717–1718)[5]
 - Recep Pasha (1718–1719)[5]
 - Çerkes Osman Pasha Abu Tawq (1719–1721)[5]
 - Ali Pasha Maqtuloğlu (1721–1723)
 - Çerkes Osman Pasha Abu Tawq (1723–1725)
 - Ismail Pasha al-Azm (1725–November/December 1730)
 - Muhsinzâde Abdullah Pasha (November/December 1730–December 1730)
 - Ayndınlı Abdullah Pasha (December 1730–1734)[5]
 - Sulayman Pasha al-Azm (1734–1738)[5]
 - Hüseyin Pasha Bostancı (1738–1739)[5]
 - Muhassıl Osman Pasha (1739–1740)[5]
 - Abdî Pashazâde Ali Pasha (1740–1741)[5]
 - Sulayman Pasha al-Azm (1741–1743)[5]
 - As'ad Pasha al-Azm (1743–1757)[5]
 - Husayn Pasha ibn Makki (1757–1758)[5]
 - Çeteci Abdullah Pasha (1758–1759)[5]
 - 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)
 - Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (1784–1786)
 - Husayn Pasha Battal (1786–1787)
 - Abdi Pasha (1787–1788)
 - Ibrahim Pasha al-Dalati (1788–1789)
 - Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (1790–1795)
 - Abdullah Pasha al-Azm (1795–1798)
 - Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (1798–1799)
 - Abdullah Pasha al-Azm (1799–1803)
 - Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar (1803–1804)
 - Abdullah Pasha al-Azm (1804–1807)
 - Kunj Yusuf Pasha (1807–1810)
 - Sulayman Pasha al-Adil (1810–1812)[6]
 - Silahdar Süleyman Pasha (February 1812–May 1816)[7]
 - Sulayman Pasha al-Adil (1816; interim)
 - Hafiz Amasyali Ali Pasha (1816–March 1817)
 - Salih Pasha (March 1817–1817)
 - Izmirli Süleyman Pasha (1817–1819)
 - Dervish Mehmed Pasha (1819–1822)
 - Beylanli Mustafa Pasha (June 1822–April 1823)
 - 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 (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 Reshid Pasha (1862–1864)
 - Müterçim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha (1864–1865)
 - Reshid Pasha (1865–1871)
 - Subhi Pasha (1871–1873)
 - Sherif Mehmed Re'uf Pasha (1873–1874)
 - 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)[8]
 - 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)
 - Tahsin Bey (1916–1918)
 - Mehmed Gabriel Pasha (1918)
 - Shukri Pasha (October 1–2, 1918)
 
Arab Kingdom of Syria
- Faisal (1918–1920)
 
Capital of Syria
- French Syria (1920–1946)
 - Republic of Syria (1946–1958)
 - United Arab Republic (1958–1961)
 - Syrian Arab Republic (Ba'athist) (1961–2024)
 - Syrian Arab Republic (2024–present)
 
See also
References
- ^ Paul M. Cobb (22 March 2001). White Banners: Contention in 'Abbasid Syria, 750-880. p. 137. ISBN 9780791448809.
 - ^ a b c Sato, p. 79.
 - ^ Burns 2007, p. 144
 - ^ Abu-Husayn 1985, pp. 187–188.
 - ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Barbir 1980, p. xv.
 - ^ Sajdi, 2013, p. 98.
 - ^ Douwes, 2000, p. 58.
 - ^ Saliba 1978, pp. 307, 315–316.
 
Bibliography
- Abu-Husayn, Abdul-Rahim (1985). Provincial Leaderships in Syria, 1575–1650. Beirut: American University of Beirut. ISBN 978-0-8156-6072-9. OCLC 242675094.
 - Barbir, Karl K. (1980). Ottoman Rule in Damascus, 1708–1758. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400853205.
 - Burns, Ross (2007), Damascus: A History, Routledge, ISBN 9781134488490
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