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Capture of Damascus
Saladin captures Damascus
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Damascus in Iraq. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Saladin captures Damascus
Death of Saladin, of fever
Saladins sparks off a civil war among his heirs
Agrees to unite Syria & Iraqs ministries of foreign affairs, defense & information
Negotiates unification with Syria to protect Iraq from Khomeins power in Iran
Provenance
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