Damascus affairs Egyptian rule in Syria through the eyes of an anonymous Damascene chronicler, 1831-1841

“…Damascus (Syria) History 19th century Sources…”

DAMASCUS TILES by MILLNER, ARTHUR

Another road to Damascus an integrative approach to Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi, 1808-1883 by Woerner-Powell, Tom

The Covenanters of Damascus; A Hitherto Unknown Jewish Sect by Moore, George Foot, 1851-1931

Subjects: “…Jewish sects -- Syria -- Damascus…”
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Solat mendidik jiwa by Al-Kholee

Barlaam and Ioasaph by John of Damascus, Saint, 676?-749

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New perspectives on Ibn ʻAsākir in Islamic historiography

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Steven Judd and Jens Scheiner -- Prologue: the publication of the Dar al-Fikr edition of Ibn ʻAsakir's Taʼrikh Madinat Dimashq / Nancy Khalek -- Nostalgia for the future: a comparison between the introductions to Ibn ʻAsakir's Taʼrikh Madinat Dimashq and al-Khaṭib al-Baghdadi's Taʼrikh Baghdad / Zayde Antrim -- Ibn ʻAsakir's children: monumental representations of Damascus until the 8th century / Dana Sajdi -- Sunni jihad propaganda in seventh/thirteenth-century Damascus: an analysis of the colophons (samaḥat) on Ibn ʻAsakir's forty ḥadiths for inciting jihad / Suleiman A. …”

Victory, 1918 by Palmer, Alan 1926-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Dover, 3 August 1914 -- Widening the War -- Paris, Athens, Rome -- 'If We Lose Egypt, We Lose the War' -- Orgies of Slaughter -- A Victory While You Wait -- Associated Power -- A Bull Amid the Camels -- Jerusalem Before Christmas -- Caporetto and After -- Plans for Peace and for War -- The Emperor's Battle -- Outlying Theatres -- The Flowing Tide -- Balkan Express -- Roads to Damascus -- 'Every Day Lost . . .' -- Mudros, Padua, Belgrade -- 'Hostilities Will Cease at 11 a.m.' -- Peacemaking?…”

The unromantic orient by Asad, Muhammad

Mossad the greatest missions of the Israeli Secret Service by Bar-Zohar, Michael 1938-

Table of Contents: “…-- A Nazi hero at the service of the Mossad -- Our man in Damascus -- "I want a MIG-21!" -- Those who'll never forget -- The quest for the Red Prince -- The Syrian virgins -- "Today we'll be at war!" …”

The six-day war the breaking of the Middle East by Laron, Guy

Table of Contents: “…Introduction From The Local To The Global -- The Article -- The Baath In Power 1963-66 -- Playing The Israel Card -- The Spy Who Came Back From The Cold -- The Corruption Of The Revolution -- Sliding Into War -- The Phone Call -- Arming The Middle East -- Secret Liaisons -- Abba Eban's Tin Ear -- One Soviet Foreign Policy or Two? -- Restraining Damascus Disciplining Cairo -- A Soviet Hall of Mirrors -- A Very Israeli Putsch? …”

Saladin the sultan who vanquished the crusaders and built an Islamic empire by Man, John 1941-

Table of Contents: “…A world in conflict -- 2. A teenager in Damascus -- 3. Into Egypt -- 4. Building a power-base -- 5. …”

Islamic weapons Maghrib to Moghul by Tirri, Anthony C.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter I - Map of Maghrib; Weapons in Maghrib -- Chapter II - Map of Egypt / Sudan; Weapons in Egypt/Sudan -- Chapter III - Map of Arabian Peninsula; Weapons in the Arabian Peninsula -- Chapter IV - Map of Ottoman Anatolia; Weapons in Anatolia -- Chapter V - Map of the Balkans & Greece; Weapons in the Balkans & Greece -- Chapter VI - Map of Caucasus; Weapons in the Caucasus -- Chapter VII - Map of Persia; Persian Weapons -- Chapter VIII - Map of Sind/Afghanistan/Baluchistan; Weapons in Sind, Afghanistan & Baluchistan -- Chapter IX - Map of India/Ceylon; Weapons in India/Ceylon -- Chapter X - Map of Nepal/Bhutan/Tibet/Burma/Siam; Weapons in these areas -- Chapter XI - Map of Indonesia/Malaya/Philippines; Weapons in these areas -- Chapter XII - Damascus Steel; Annex A. Islamic Calendar / Date Conversion B. …”

Histories of the Middle East Studies in Middle Eastern Society, Economy and Law in Honor of A.L. Udovitch

Table of Contents: “…Powers -- The view from the south : the maps of the book of curiosities and the commercial revolution of the eleventh century / Yossef Rapoport -- From artisan to courtier : sufism and social mobility in fifteenth-century Egypt / Adam Sabra -- Mini-dramas by the water : on irrigation rights and disputes in fifteenth-century Damascus / Boaz Shoshan -- Army economics : an early papyrus letter related to 'ata' payments / Petra M. …”

Faisal I of Iraq by Allawi, Ali A. 1947-

Table of Contents: “…. -- The road to the rising -- The Arab Revolt I : consolidating the revolt -- The Arab Revolt II : breaking out -- The Arab Revolt III : railroad war -- To Damascus! -- Part 3 : A shattered dream : Syria and the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1921). -- The rudiments of a state -- First footsteps in Europe -- At the Paris Peace Conference I -- At the Paris Peace Conference II -- The struggle for Syria -- The collapse of the Kingdom of Syria -- Adrift -- A king in waiting -- Part 4 : A new beginning : Iraq (1921-1933) -- From Mesopotamia to Iraq -- King of Iraq -- Faisal, Cox and the rise of the opposition -- The rebellion of the Ayatollahs -- Assemblies, treaties, constitutions -- Oil and the Mosul question -- Struggling to break free -- Towards independence -- Vindication at last -- A calamitous end -- Epilogue : Faisal the Great.…”

The odyssey of Ibn Battuta uncommon tales of a medieval adventurer by Waines, David

Islamic empires fifteen cities that define a civilization by Marozzi, Justin 1970-

The Syria dilemma

Table of Contents: “…/ Richard Falk ; Anxiously anticipating a new dawn: voices of Syrian activists / Afra Jalabi ; Syria is not a problem from hell- but if we don't act quickly, it will be / Anne-Marie Slaughter ; Supporting unarmed civil insurrection in Syria / Stephen Zunes ; A Syrian case for humanitarian intervention / Radwan Ziadeh -- Syria: the case for staggered decapitation / Tom Farer -- A humanitarian strategy focused on Syrian civilians / Mary Kalder -- How to ease Syrian suffering / Kenneth Roth -- The last thing Syrians need is more arms going to either side / Charles Glass -- Syria is melting / Rafif Jouejati -- Shopping option C for Syria: against arming the rebels / Marc Lynch -- The price of inaction in Syria / Christopher Reuter -- With or without us: why Syria's future is in its own hands / Fareed Zakaria -- The dangerous price of ignoring Syria / Vali Nasr -- Syria, savagery and self-determination: what the anti-interventionists are missing / Nader Hashemi -- From Dayton to Damascus / Christopher R. Hill -- Better Assad than the Islamists? …”