Writers in Damascus
The atlas holds 7 people and 12 moments here, from 31 to 2001. The most recorded lives are Ibn Battuta, Paul the Apostle and Rumi.
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.…
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.…
Moments
- 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
- 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
- 1401 Meeting Timur outside Damascus Ibn Khaldun
- 1905 Posted to the Fifth Army in Damascus Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 2001 Prayer in Umayyad Mosque Pope John Paul II