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Islamic history in the Levant
Researched 360° places of Islamic history across the Levant — each with its date, location, and Sunni-sourced background.
25 places
Former Prophets
The First Burial
Time of Adam (peace be upon him)
Primeval earth, the first death (by tradition the slope of Mount Qasiyun above Damascus)
Former Prophets
Ilyas at Baalbek
Time of Ilyas (peace be upon him)
Baalbek (Ba'labakk), the Beqaa valley, in greater Syria
Former Prophets
The Table and the Disciples
The ministry of 'Isa (peace be upon him), Roman-period Galilee
Roman-era Galilee / the Jerusalem hill country, traditional ministry locations of 'Isa (peace be upon him)
Former Prophets
The Ark of Nuh Comes to Rest on al-Judi
The time of Nuh (peace be upon him), after the Flood
Cudi Dağı (Jabal al-Judi), south-eastern Anatolia near the Tigris
Sirah
The Monk at Busra
c. 583 CE
Busra (Bosra) in the Hawran, southern Syria
Rashidun
Yarmouk, The Dust Storm
15 AH / 636 CE
Yarmouk River gorge, Hauran plateau
Umayyad
Damascus Becomes the Umayyad Capital
41 AH / 661 CE
Damascus, the Roman temenos at the heart of the new capital
Umayyad
Abd al-Malik's Coinage and Chancery Reform
c. 77 AH / 696 CE
Damascus, the Umayyad mint and central chancery
Umayyad
The Building of the Great Mosque of Damascus
87 AH / 706 CE
Damascus, capital of the Umayyad caliphate
Umayyad
The Renewal under Umar II
Umar II (99-101 AH / 717-720 CE)
A caliphal country estate in Umayyad Syria, near Damascus
Seljuk
The Loss of Antioch
491 AH / 1098 CE
Antioch (Antakiya), on the Orontes, in northern Syria
Seljuk
The Massacre at Ma'arra
492 AH / December 1098 CE
Ma'arrat al-Nu'man, in northern Syria
Fatimid
The Fall of Tripoli
502 AH / 1109 CE
Tripoli (Tarabulus), on the coast of the Levant
Artuqid
The Field of Blood
513 AH / 1119 CE
Near Sarmada, between Aleppo and Antioch, in Syria
Banu Munqidh
Shaizar of the Banu Munqidh
c. 530 AH / 1135 CE
Shaizar, on the Orontes, in Syria
Zengid
Zengi Recovers Edessa
Jumada II 539 AH / 1144 CE
Edessa (al-Ruha, modern Sanliurfa), upper Mesopotamia
Ayyubid
The Great Siege of Acre
585-587 AH / 1189-1191 CE
Acre (Akka), on the coast of the Levant
Artuqid
Al-Jazari's Ingenious Devices
602 AH / 1206 CE
Diyarbakir (Amid), the Artuqid court, on the upper Tigris
Ayyubid
The Castle of Subayba
c. 625-628 AH / 1228-1230 CE
Qal'at al-Subayba, below Mount Hermon, above Banyas
Ayyubid
Ibn al-Nafis and the Lesser Circulation
640 AH / c. 1242 CE
Damascus, in Syria
Mamluk
The Fall of Hisn al-Akrad
669 AH / 1271 CE
Hisn al-Akrad (Crac des Chevaliers), in Syria
Mamluk
The Fall of Crusader Acre
690 AH / 1291 CE
Acre (Akka), on the coast of the Levant
Nations & States
Lines on the Map: Sykes-Picot and Balfour
1334-1336 AH / 1916-1917 CE
The Levant (Bilad al-Sham), partitioned from afar
Nations & States
The Great Syrian Revolt
1344 AH / 1925 CE
The old city of Damascus
Contemporary
The 2023 Earthquake at Antakya
Rajab 1444 / Feb 2023
Antakya (Antioch), Hatay, Türkiye