List of rulers of Damascus
This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present.
[Canaan]ite
- Uz ben Shem
- Biryawaza
[Aram Damascus]
- Rezon I
- Tabrimmon
- Ben-Hadad I
- Hadadezer
- Hazael
- Ben-Hadad III
- Tab-El
- Rezon II
Period of non-independence
- to Assyria
- *Ilu-Ittia
- to Babylon
- to Persian Achaemenid Empire
- to Macedon
- to Antigonids
- to Ptolemaic Kingdom
- to Seleucids
- to Ituraea
- to the Decapolis
- to Nabataea
- to the Roman Republic/Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire
- *to the Ghassanids
[Rashidun] period
- Khalid ibn al-Walid
- Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah
- Amr ibn al-Aas
- Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan
- Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan
[Umayyad] period
- Muawiyah I ibn Abu Sufyan
- Yazid I ibn Muawiyah
- Muawiya II ibn Yazid
- Marwan I ibn Hakam
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
- al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik
- Suleiman ibn Abd al-Malik
- Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
- Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik
- Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik
- al-Walid II ibn Yazid II
- Yazid III ibn al-Walid
- Ibrahim ibn al-Walid
- Marwan II ibn Muhammad
[Abbasid] period
- Abdallah ibn Ali
- Salih ibn Ali
- Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi
- Al-Fadl ibn Salih
- Abu Ja'far Harun al-Rashid
- Ibrahim ibn as-Salih ibn Ali
- Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Iman
- Ibrahim ibn as-Salih ibn Ali
- Musa ibn Isa
- Musa ibn Yahya al-Barmaki
- Abd al-Malik ibn Salih
- Ishaq ibn Isa ibn Ali
- Shu'ayb ibn Khazim
- Ja'far ibn Yahya
- Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
- Sulayman ibn al-Mansur
- Yahya ibn Mu'adh ibn Muslim
- Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba
- Mansur ibn Muhammed al-Mahdi
- Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Harashi
- Sulayman ibn Abdallah al-Mansur
- Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Bayhas
- Abdallah ibn Tahir
- Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid
- Dinar ibn Abd Allah
- Muhammed ibn al-Jahm al-Sami
- Musa ibn Ibrahim al Rafiqi
- Rija ibn Ayyub al-Hadari
- Malik ibn Tawk
- Ibrahim al-Muyad ibn Mutawakkil
- al-Fath ibn Hakan al-Turki
- Yunus ibn Tarja
- Isa ibn Muhammad al-Nawshari
- Salih ibn al-'Abbasi al-Turki
- Ahmad ibn Khalil al Shaybani
- Yamkjur al-Turki
- Asram al-Turki
- Isa ibn al-Shaykh al-Shaybani, rebel governor
- Amajur al-Turki
- to Tulunid Egypt
- *'Ali ibn Amajur al-Turki
- *Ahmad ibn Wasif
- *Tughj ibn Juff
- Abbasid restauration:
- *Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh
- *al-Rashidi
- *Muhammad ibn Tughj
- to Ikhshidid Egypt, except for:
- *Muhammad Ibn Ra'iq
- *Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Shahrzuri
- *Sayf al-Dawla
[Fatimid] emirs
- Abu Ali Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami
- Zalim ibn Mauhab al-Ukayli
- Jaysh ibn Muhammad
- Rayn al-Mu'izzi
- Alptakin al-Mu'izzi
- Qassam al-Turab
- Baltakin al-Turki
- Bakjur
- Ya'qub al-Siqlabi
- Manjutakin
- Sulayman ibn Fallah
- Bishara al-Ikhshidi
- Jaysh ibn Muhammad
- Sulayman ibn Fallah
- Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Jafar
- Abu Salih Muflih al-Lihyani
- Hamid ibn Mulham
- Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan
- Badr al-Attar
- Abu Abdallah al-Muzahhir
- Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ilyas
- Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan
- Shihab ad-Dawlah Shah Tegin
- Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan
- Anushtakin ad-Dizbari
- Nasir ad-Dawlah al-Hamdani
- Baha ad-Dawlah Takiq al-Saklabi
- Rifq al-Khadim
- Mu'in ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Adud ad-Dawlah
- Makin ad-Dawlah Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn 'Ali
- Nasir ad-Dawlah al-Hamdani
- Sebuq Tegin
- Muwaffaq ad-Dawlah Jauhar al-Mustansiri
- Hasam ad-Dawlah ibn al-Bachinaki
- Uddat ad-Dawlah ibn al-Husein
- Mu'in ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Adud ad-Dawla
- Badr al-Jamali
- Hisn ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Mansur
- Qutb ad-Din Baris Tegin
- Hisn ad-Dawlah Mualla al-Kitami
- Zain ad-Dawlah Intisar ibn Yahya al-Masmudi
Seljuq">Seljuq Turks">Seljuq emirs
- Atsiz ibn Abaq
- Tutush I
- Duqaq, son of Tutush I
- Tutush II, son of Duqaq
- Irtash, son of Tutush I
Burid">Burid Dynasty">Burid emirs
- Toghtekin
- Taj al-Muluk Buri
- Shams al-Mulk Isma'il
- Shihab ad-Din Mahmud
- Jamal ad-Din Muhammad
- Mu'in ad-Din Unur
- Mujir ad-Din Abaq
Zengid">Zengid dynasty">Zengid [atabeg]s
- Nur ad-Din Mahmud
- As-Salih Ismail al-Malik
Ayyubid">Ayyubid dynasty">Ayyubid [emir]s (some were also Sultans of Egypt)
- Saladin
- Al-Afdal, Son of Saladin
- Al-Adil I
- Al-Mu'azzam
- An-Nasir Dawud
- Al-Ashraf
- As-Salih Ismail
- Al-Kamil
- Al-Adil II
- As-Salih Ayyub
- As-Salih Ismail
- As-Salih Ayyub
- Turanshah
- An-Nasir Yusuf
Mamluk">Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)">Mamluk na'ibs
- Sanjar as-Salihi
- Taybars al-Waziri
- Aqush as-Salihi
- Sunqur al-Ashqar
- Lajin al-Ashqar
- Aqush Bey
- Izz ad-Din Aybak
- Shuja ad-Din Adirlu
- Sayf ad-Din Kipchak
- Sayf ad-Din Tanqiz as-Nasiri
- Yilbugha an-Nasiri
- Sayf ad-Din Manjak
- Tash Timur
- Yilbugha al-Nasiri
- Sayf ad-Din Tanibak
- Sudun
- occupied by Timur
- Taghribirdi az-Zahiri
- Kijmas
- Ghazali Arab
- Sibai
- Shihab ad-Din Ahmad
- Janbirdi al-Ghazali
Ottoman">Ottoman Empire">Ottoman walis
- Yunus Pasha
- Janbirdi al-Ghazali
- Ayas Mehmed Pasha
- Ferhad Pasha
- Hurram Pasha
- Sulayman Pasha al-Tawashi
- Lutf Pasha
- Isa Bey Pasha Chenderli
- Mustafa Ablaq Pasha
- Lutf Pasha
- Isa Bey Pasha Chenderli
- Muhammad Kuzal Pasha
- Topal Sulayman Pasha
- Ahmed Pasha I
- Qese Husrau Pasha
- Isa Pasha
- Piri Pasha
- Hadim Sinan Pasha
- Piri Pasha
- Muhammad Pasha Bartaki
- Şemsi Pasha
- Hizr Pasha
- Ali Pasha Lankun
- Khusrau Pasha I
- Lala Mustafa Pasha
- Murad Pasha Shaitan
- Ali Pasha Lankun
- Haji Ahmed Pasha
- Lala Jafar Pasha
- Murad Pasha
- Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha
- Bahram Pasha
- Hüseyin Pasha Boljanić
- Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha
- Qubad Sulayman Pasha
- Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha
- Üveys Pasha
- Muhammad Pasha Farhad
- Üveys Pasha
- Elwanzade Ali Pasha
- Koca Sinan Pasha
- Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha
- Mustafa Pasha I
- Khalil Pasha
- Qachirji Mohammad Pasha
- Sokulluzade Hasan Pasha
- Kuyucu Murad Pasha
- Khusrau Pasha II
- Razia Hutunzade Mustafa Pasha
- Yusuf Sinan Pasha
- Ahmed Pasha II
- Ahmed Pasha III
- Khusrau Pasha II
- Emir Mehmed Pasha
- Osman Pasha
- Farhad Pasha Bustanji
- Mustafa Pasha II
- Mahmud Pasha
- Sufi Sinan Pasha
- Ahmad al-Hafiz
- Silihdar Mehmed Pasha
- Ahmad al-Hafiz
- Mustafa Pasha III
- Sulayman Pasha I
- Murtaza Pasha Bustanji
- Mehmed Pasha Rushand
- Mustafa Pasha al-Hannaq
- Nigdeli Mustafa Pasha
- Gurju Mehmed Pasha I
- Tayar Oglu Mehmed Pasha
- Küçük Ahmed Pasha
- Mustafa Pasha IV
- Nawaya Mehmed Pasha
- Ilyas Pasha
- Deli Yusuf Pasha
- Küçük Ahmed Pasha
- Dervish Mehmed Pasha
- Mustafa Pasha IV
- Chifteli Othman Pasha
- Mehmed Pasha I
- Serji Ahmed Pasha
- Melik Ahmed Pasha
- Sultanzade Mehmed Pasha
- Silihdar Yusuf Pasha
- Gurju Mehmed Pasha II
- Ibrahim Pasha I
- Mehmed Pasha Salami
- Gürcê Mehmed
- Silahdar Yusuf Pasha
- Sufi Murteza Pasha
- Sofu Mehmed Pasha
- Ibşir Mustafa Pasha
- Mehmed Pasha II
- Silahdar Murtaza Pasha
- Sivaslı Mustafa Pasha
- Haseki Mehmed Pasha
- Defterzade Mehmed Pasha
- Kara Murat Pasha
- Haseki Mehmed Pasha
- Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha
- Sulayman Pasha II
- Ribleli Mustafa Pasha
- Salih Pasha I
- Qara Mustafa Pasha
- Mehmed Pasha Chewish Oglu
- Ibrahim Pasha Shaytan
- Abazekh Husein Pasha
- Qara Mehmed Pasha
- Ibrahim Pasha Shushman
- Qer Husein Pasha
- Ibrahim Pasha II
- Bosniak Osman Pasha
- Abazekh Husein Pasha
- Ibrahim Pasha III
- Bosniak Osman Pasha
- Kaplan Pasha
- Arap Salih Pasha
- Hamza Pasha
- Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha
- Murtaza Pasha
- Gurju Mehmed Pasha III
- Çelebi Ismail Pasha
- Ibshir Mustafa Pasha
- Silihdar Osman Pasha
- Silihdar Buuqli Mustafa Pasha
- Ahmad Pasha Hacigirai
- Silihdar Husein Pasha
- Silihdar Hasan Pasha
- Arslan Mehmed Pasha Matracyoghlu
- Salih Agha
- Mehmed Pasha Kurd-Bayram
- Osman Pasha Arnavud
- Arslan Mehmed Pasha Matracyoghlu
- Defterdar Mustafa Pasha
- Firari Hüseyin Pasha
- Mehmed Pasha Kurd-Bayram
- Baltaci Süleyman Pasha
- Yusuf Pasha Qapudan
- Nasuh Pasha al-Aydini
- Jarkas Muhammad Pasha
- Tubal Yusuf Pasha
- Ibrahim Pasha Qapudan
- Recep Pasha
- Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha
- Abdullah Pasha Köprülü
- Rajab Pasha
- Uthman Pasha Abu Tawq
- Ali Pasha Maqtul
- Uthman Pasha Abu Tawq
- Ismail Pasha al-Azm
- Abdullah Pasha al-Aydinli
- Sulayman Pasha al-Azm
- Husayn Pasha al-Bustanji
- Uthman Pasha al-Muhassil
- Ali Pasha Abu Qili
- Sulayman Pasha al-Azm
- As'ad Pasha al-Azm
- Husayn Pasha ibn Makki
- Abdullah Pasha al-Jatahji
- Muhammad Pasha al-Shalik
- Uthman Pasha al-Kurji
- Muhammad Pasha al-Azm
- Hafiz Mustafa Pasha Bustanji
- Mehmed Pasha al-Kurji
- Darwish Pasha al-Kurji
- Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar
- Husayn Pasha Battal
- Abdi Pasha
- Ibrahim Pasha al-Halabi
- Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar
- Abdullah Pasha al-Azm
- Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar
- Abdullah Pasha al-Azm
- Ahmad Pasha al-Jazzar
- Abdullah Pasha al-Azm
- Kunj Yusuf Pasha
- Sulayman Pasha al-Adil
- Silahdar Süleyman Pasha
- Sulayman Pasha al-Adil
- Hafiz Amasyali Ali Pasha
- Salih Pasha
- Izmirli Süleyman Pasha
- Dervish Mehmed Pasha
- Beylanli Mustafa Pasha
- Salih Pasha
- Muftizade Ahmed Pasha
- Haci Veliyeddin Pasha
- Hakki Ismail Pasha
- Izmirli Haci Salih Pasha
- Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
- Mehmed Selim Pasha
- to Egypt, autonomous from the Ottoman Empire
- *Ahmed Bey
- *Ibrahim Pasha
- *Muhammad Sharif Pasha al-Kabir
- *vacant
- Izzet Mehmed Pasha
- Mehmed Reshid Pasha
- Mehmed Namık Pasha
- Riza Pasha
- Musa Sefveti Pasha
- Namiq Pasha
- Mehmed Namık Pasha
- Osman Pasha Said Pasha
- Izzet Mehmed Pasha
- Açaf Pasha
- Arif Mehmed Pasha
- Mehmed Namık Pasha
- Mahmud Nedim Pasha
- Izzet Ahmed Pasha
- Ali Pasha II
- Mu'amer Pasha
- Mehmed Fuad Pasha
- Ahmed Pasha IV
- Emin Muhlis Pasha
- Mehmed Reshid Pasha
- Müterçim Mehmed Rüstü Pasha
- Reshid Pasha
- Subhi Pasha
- Sherif Mehmed Re'uf Pasha
- Esad Pasha
- Ahmed Hamdi Pasha
- Ahmed Pasha V
- Küçük Ömer Fevzi Pasha
- Ali Haydar Midhat Pasha
- Hamdi Pasha
- Rashid Nashid Pasha
- Manastirli Mehmed Nazif Pasha
- Mustafa Asim Pasha
- Topal Osman Nuri Pasha
- Sherif Mehmed Rauf Pasha
- Haçi Osman Nuri Pasha
- Hasan Pasha II
- Nazim Pasha
- Shukri Pasha
- Ismail Fazil Bey
- Ismail Ghalib Bey
- Kiazim Pasha
- Arif Bey
- Mehmed Arif Bey Mardin
- Jamal Pasha
- Azmi Pasha
- Tahsin Bey
- Mehmed Gabriel Pasha
- Shukri Pasha
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