Abu Ali Mustafa

Abu Ali Mustafa

male, deceased (2001)
Abu Ali Mustafa, the kunya-style nom de guerre of Mustafa Zabri, was a Palestinian leader and the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the...
Andrew Of Crete

Andrew Of Crete

male, deceased (740)
Saint Andrew (Andreas) of Crete (also known as Andrew of Jerusalem was an 8th century theologian, homilist, and hymnographer. Born in Damascus of...
Ignatius Zakka I Iwas

Ignatius Zakka I Iwas

male
Zakka Iwas (') is the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church. The patriarchate is based in Damascus. As is...
Sari Nusseibeh

Sari Nusseibeh

male, 60 years old
Sari Nusseibeh (born in 1949 in Damascus, Syria), is a Palestinian professor of philosophy and president of the Al-Quds University in Jerusalem (Al...
Ptolemy

Ptolemy

male
Ptolemy or Ptolomaeus, son of Mennaeus (Mennæus) was tetrarch of Iturea and Chalcis from about 85 BCE to 40 BCE, in which year he died. He tried t...
Faisal Husseini

Faisal Husseini

male, deceased (2001)
Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini (July 17, 1940 - May 31, 2001) was a Palestinian politician who was considered a possible future leader of the...
Ahab

Ahab

male
Ahab or Ach'av was king of Israel and the son and successor of Omri ("1 Kings" 16:29-34). William F. Albright dated his reign to 869 BC-850 BC,...

Hanun

male
# Hanun was a king of Ammon described in 2 Samuel. Upon the death of his father Nahash, Hanun ascended to the throne of the Ammonites. When King...
Ibn Khallikan

Ibn Khallikan

male, deceased (1282)
Abu-l ‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Khallikan was a Kurdish Muslim scholar of the 13th century. He was born in Arbil, in 1211. His most famous work is "W...
Shirkuh

Shirkuh

male, deceased (1169)
Asad ad-Din Shirkuh bin Shadhi (also "Shirguh" or "Sherko") (died 1169) was an important Muslim military commander, and uncle of Saladin. He was...