Marwan II

male, deceased (750)
Hisham, Alans, ibrahim, umayyad, azerbaijan, khazar…damascus
Marwan ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan or Marwan II (Arabic: مروان بن محمد بن مروان بن الحكم) was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 744 until 750 when he was...
Ibn Al-Nafis

Ibn Al-Nafis

male, deceased (1288)
blood, Islamic medicine, Circulatory system, pulmonary circulation, arab, anatomist…damascus
Ala-al-din abu Al-Hassan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qarshi al-Dimashqi known as Ibn al-Nafis (Arabic: ابن النفيس), was an Arab physician who is mostly fa...

John McCarthy

male
damascus, Laos, Barrister-at-Law, University of Cambridge, barrister, canberra
John McCarthy (b. 1942) has served as Australia's Ambassador to Vietnam (1981-83), Ambassador to Mexico (1985-87), Ambassador to Thailand...
Richard Francis Burton

Richard Francis Burton

male, deceased (1890)
The Book of One Thousand Nights and A Night, British military personnel of the Crimean War, British East India Company Army officer, death by myocardial infarction, The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, linguistics
Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (March 19, 1821 - October 20, 1890) was a British explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist,...

Hazael

male
hebrew, Books of King, Jordan River, Tanakh monarch, Ahaziah, Joash…damascus
Hazael (Hebrew "Hazael," meaning "God has seen") was a court official and later an Aramean king who appeared in the Bible. He was first referred to...
Tariq Ibn-Ziyad

Tariq Ibn-Ziyad

male, deceased (720)
Gibr Tariq, Jabal Tariq, Islam in Gibraltar, Visigoths, iberian peninsula, Al-andalus…damascus
Tariq ibn Ziyad or "Taric bin Zeyad" (d. 720), known in Spanish history and legend as "Taric el Tuerto" (Taric the one-eyed), was a Berber Muslim...
Marwan I

Marwan I

male, deceased (685)
uthman, hakam, Battle of the Camel, medina, the prophet, Umayyad caliph…damascus
Marwan ibn al-Hakam was the fourth Ummayad Caliph, who took over the dynasty after Muawiya II gave up the title in 684. Marwan's ascension pointed...
Timur

Timur

male, deceased (1405)
Aqsaq Timur, Culture of Iran, Ghazw, Persian culture, Mongols, Turkic…damascus
Tīmūr bin Tara<u>gh</u>ay Barlas, known in the West as Tamburlaine, was a 14th century warlord of Turco-Mongol descent, conqueror of much of We...
Bassam Tibi

Bassam Tibi

male, 65 years old
Harvard University, Euroislam, American Middle Eastern studies, Gottingen University, Frankfurt am Main, University of Göttingen…From Damascus, damascus
Bassam Tibi, born 1944 in Damascus, is a German political scientist of Syrian origin. He is a Muslim, and is known for his analysis of...

Qalawun

male, deceased (1290)
damascus, emir, Crusade, Beirut, Kipchaks, tyre
Saif ad-Din Qalawun al-Alfi al-Mansur (also Qala'un or Kalavun was a Mameluk sultan of Egypt. Qalawun was a Burj Oghlu Kipchak Turk, and became a...