Historical figures in Damascus
The atlas holds 13 people and 18 moments here, from 1272 BC to 2012. The most recorded lives are Ibn Battuta, Paul the Apostle and Rumi. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Middle Ages and the Ottoman Empire.
Notable people
Ibn Battuta
from 1326 to 1348
3 moments here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Paul the Apostle
in 31
2 moments here
Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was a first-century Jewish Christian apostle and missionary. The chronology below follows the traditional reconstruction used…
Rumi
from 1233 to 1248
2 moments here
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was a Persian-language poet, jurist, teacher, and Sufi mystic. Born at Wakhsh in the Khwarazmian Empire, he moved with his…
Al-Ghazali
from 1095 to 1096
2 moments here
Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali was a Persian Sunni jurist, theologian, philosopher, logician, and mystic.…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1905
1 moment here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Pope John Paul II
in 2001
1 moment here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Kofi Annan
in 2012
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Cleopatra
in 36 BC
1 moment here
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (born early 69 BC, possibly late 70 BC; died 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt.…
Ibn Khaldun
in 1401
1 moment here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Timur
in 1400
1 moment here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…
Saladin
in 1193
1 moment here
Kurdish military commander, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and sultan of Egypt and Syria. Born at Tikrit, Saladin rose through the Zengid…
Umm Kulthum
in 1932
1 moment here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
Ramesses II
in 1272 BC
1 moment here
Ramesses II, commonly called Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty.…
Moments
- 1272 BC Advances to Damascus and Upi Ramesses II
- 36 BC Passed through Damascus Cleopatra
- 31 Conversion on the road to Damascus Paul the Apostle
- 31 Recovery and baptism at Damascus Paul the Apostle
- 1095 Journey to Damascus Al-Ghazali
- 1096 Return through Damascus Al-Ghazali
- 1193 Dies at Damascus Saladin
- 1233 Studies in Damascus Rumi
- 1248 Search for Shams in Damascus Rumi
- 1326 Spends Ramadan in Damascus Ibn Battuta
- 1348 Arrives in plague-stricken Damascus Ibn Battuta
- 1348 Returns to Damascus during the plague Ibn Battuta
- 1400 Siege of Damascus Timur
- 1401 Meeting Timur outside Damascus Ibn Khaldun
- 1905 Posted to the Fifth Army in Damascus Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 1932 Concert tour in Damascus Umm Kulthum
- 2001 Prayer in Umayyad Mosque Pope John Paul II
- 2012 Syria mission in Damascus Kofi Annan