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" Damascus, Ottoman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Rafeq, Abdul-Karim
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English
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1061350
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ALei1747
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Rafeq, Abdul-Karim
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Damascus, Ottoman - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Rafeq, Abdul-Karim
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(4,350 words)
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Damascus (Dimashq) was occupied by the Ottoman sultan Selim (Selīm) I (r. 918–26/1512–20) on 1 Ramaḍān 922/28 September 1516. Selim had already defeated the army of the Mamlūk sultan at Marj Dābiq, north of Aleppo, on 25 Rajab 922/24 August 1516, and then occupied Aleppo, where he was declared Khādim al-Ḥaramayn al-Sharīfayn (Servitor of the Two Holy Sanctuaries), in the khuṭba (sermon) during the Friday prayer. The Damascenes, as well as the rest of the Syrians, did not oppose the
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Islam.
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ALei1747.pdf
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