- male, deceased (1373)
- Born in 1301, Ismail ibn Kathir was an Islamic scholar. His full name is Abu Al-Fida, 'Imad Ad-Din Isma'il bin 'Umar bin Kathir Al-Qurashi...
- male, 53 years old
- Khaled Mashal, also known as Khaled Mashaal or Khalid Mish'al (b. 1956) is a leader of Hamas. He has been described alternately as the "political...
- male, deceased (1240)
- Ibn Arabi, was an Arab Muslim mystic and philosopher. He was born 1165 in Murcia and died 1240 in Damascus.
- male, deceased (1238)
- Al-Kamil Muhammad al-Malik ; died 1238) was an Ayyubid sultan of Kurdish descent that ruled Egypt, praised for defeating two crusades but also...
- male
- Sargon II was an Assyrian king. He took the throne from Shalmaneser V in 722 BC. It is not clear whether he was the son of Tiglath-Pileser III or a...
- male
- Shalmaneser III was king of Assyria (859 BC-824 BC), and son of the previous ruler, Ashurnasirpal II. His long reign was a constant series of...
- male, deceased (638)
- Sophronius (born 560 in Damascus - died March 11, 638 in Jerusalem) was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 634 until his death. Before rising to the...
- male, deceased (1989)
- Michel Aflaq was the ideological founder of Ba’athism, a form of secular Arab nationalism. Born in Damascus to a middle class Greek Orthodox Ch...
- male, deceased (642)
- Khālid ibn al-Walīd also known as Sayf-Allah al-Maslul, was one of the two famous Arab generals during the Muslim conquests of the 7th Century. ("...
- male, deceased (1965)
- Eli Cohen was a celebrated Israeli spy, and is recognized as one of the most successful spies of modern times. Born in Egypt, Cohen contributed to...
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