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Cases
6
Years
1250 BCE to 1340
Region
Middle East
Main subjects
Asian dynasties, Science and medicine, Money and markets, Islamic and Persian empires
Families
Abbasid dynasty
Updated
30 October 2026
Qalawun complex 02: Qalawun complex in Islamic Cairo, Egypt1290 · Cairo, Egypt, and Damascus, SyriaSultan Qalawun built Cairo's great hospital with forced labour after a vow in a Damascus hospital funded by a captured European king's ransomNur al-Din built a hospital in Damascus in 1154. The historian al-Maqrizi wrote that it was paid for with the ransom of a captured European king, who gave four forts and 500,000 dinars for his release.egymonuments.gov.eg and 3 moreTankiziyya, before 1920: Tankiziyya, before 19201340 · Alexandria, Egypt; Damascus, SyriaThe sultan had his viceroy of Syria arrested, killed and stripped of his fortune; three years later the viceroy's grandson was sultan and his body came home to DamascusTankiz was a mamluk, a slave soldier, who served Sultan an-Nasir Muhammad from 1299. In 1312 the sultan made him viceroy of Syria, based in Damascus.sussex.ac.uk and 2 moreDamascus mausoleum of Sultan Saladin 1557: The entrance to the mausoleum from the street in front.1193 · Damascus, SyriaSaladin left a gold ingot and 47 silver dirhams, not enough for his grave, and his brother took the empire from his sonsSaladin took Jerusalem in 1187 and fought Richard I to a truce in 1192. He died in Damascus on 4 March 1193. World History Encyclopedia, citing Amin Maalouf, says the treasury held one gold ingot from Tyre and 47 silver dirhams.Encyclopaedia Britannica and 5 moreA member of the Barmakid family offering gifts to the Caliph, From the Akhbar-i Barmakyan, India, Mughal, circa 1595-160: A member of the Barmakid family offering gifts to the Cali803 · al-Anbar, Iraq; Baghdad, Iraq; Raqqa, SyriaHarun al-Rashid had his vizier Ja'far killed in one night in 803, hung his body in Baghdad, and took the Barmakid fortuneThe Barmakids came from Balkh, where their ancestors led a Buddhist monastery. They ran the Abbasid government for Harun al-Rashid. Yahya ibn Khalid was his vizier, and from about 798 Yahya's son Ja'far held the post.Wikisource (primary text) and 4 moreAntoninian Vaballathus Augustus: Vabalathus. Usurper, AD 272. Antoninianus 3.82 g. Antioch. March-May AD 272. IM C VHABALATHVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. VENVS267 · Emesa (Homs), SyriaPalmyra's ruler and his heir were murdered in 267, and his widow Zenobia ruled for her own son; one Roman history says she was in on the plotOdaenathus of Palmyra defended Rome's eastern frontier. The Historia Augusta, a Roman collection of imperial lives, says he was killed by his cousin Maeonius together with his eldest son, Herodes, the child of an earlier wife.University of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 moreText of Law in Akkadian by King Niqmepa with dynastic seal Ras Shamra Louvre Museum: Text of Law in Akkadian by King Niqmepa with dynastic seal Ras Shamra Louvre Museum1250 BCE · Ugarit (Ras Shamra), SyriaA king of Ugarit divorced his Hittite-born queen, made their son choose between his mother and the throne, then had her killedThe tablets call her only "the daughter of the Great Lady." Her father was Bentesina, king of Amurru. Her mother was a daughter of the Hittite Great King Hattusili III.lockwoodonlinejournals.com and 3 more