Salkhad (Arabic: صَلْخَد, romanized: Ṣalḫad) is a Syrian city in the As-Suwayda Governorate, southern Syria. It is the capital of Salkhad District, one...

Salkhad District (Arabic: منطقة صلخد, romanized: manṭiqat Ṣalḫad) is a district of the As-Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria. Administrative centre...

besieged and captured in Damascus on 3 July 1196. Al-Afdal was exiled to Salkhad, while Al-Aziz was proclaimed supreme overlord of the Ayyubid Empire. However...

nomadic Bedouin tribes live in the barren region of Harrat al-Shamah. Shahba Salkhad Al-Suwayda The governorate is divided into three districts (manatiq). The...

capture of Salkhad refers to the clash between the Druze rebel forces of Sultan Pasha al-Atrash and a unit of the French Mandate based in Salkhad on 20 July...

Classical-era monuments in the world. Hauran towns such as Bosra, Qanawat, Shahba, Salkhad, Umm al-Jimal and numerous others contain Roman temples and theaters, Byzantine-era...

July 1925, the Battle of al-Mazraa on 2–3 August 1925, and the battles of Salkhad, al-Musayfirah and Suwayda. France sent thousands of troops from Morocco...

assaults on Damascus in 1196, forcing al-Afdal to leave for a lesser post at Salkhad. Al-Adil established himself in Damascus as a lieutenant of Uthman, but...

Al-Adil then annexed Damascus, allowing al-Afdal to retire to the town of Salkhad, in the Hauran. In November 1198 al-Aziz died from the effects of falling...

District and parts of Al-Zabadani District Shahba Salkhad Al-Suwayda As-Suwayda District (3 sub-districts) Salkhad District (5 sub-districts) Shahba District...

al-Karama clashed with government forces at a checkpoint near the city of Salkhad in As-Suwayda governorate. One Syrian soldier and four local fighters were...

Salkhad Subdistrict Salkhad al-Annat Awas al-Karbis Imtan al-Mashquq al-Munaydhrah Urman al-Uyun al-Rafqah Sama al-Bardan Shanirah Tahulah Qurayyah Subdistrict...

and Aleppo. Irritated by his Damascus overlord, the emir of Bosra and Salkhad invited the Crusaders to occupy the two places. Before the Latin army could...

Together Mu'in ad-Din and Nur ad-Din besieged the cities of Bosra and Salkhad, which had been captured by a rebellious vassal of Mu'in ad-Din named Altuntash...

family controlled eighteen villages, chief among which were as-Suwayda, Salkhad, al-Qurayya, 'Ira and Urman. Ismail was succeeded by his eldest son Ibrahim...

Hijaz. As the revolt started he raised the Arab flag on the citadel of Salkhad and on his own house. According to testimonies from survivors, during the...

Sultan al-Atrash routed a French army column sent to defeat Sultan's men at Salkhad. The battle essentially precipitated the countrywide Great Syrian Revolt...

Salkhad Subdistrict Salkhad al-Annat Awas al-Karbis Imtan al-Mashquq al-Munaydhrah Urman al-Uyun al-Rafqah Sama al-Bardan Shanirah Tahulah Qurayyah Subdistrict...

Governorate Salamiyah سلمية 66,724 Salamiyah District Hama Governorate Salkhad صلخد 9,155 Salkhad District As-Suwayda Governorate Al-Sanamayn الصنمين 26,268 Al-Sanamayn...

Salkhad Subdistrict Salkhad al-Annat Awas al-Karbis Imtan al-Mashquq al-Munaydhrah Urman al-Uyun al-Rafqah Sama al-Bardan Shanirah Tahulah Qurayyah Subdistrict...

Buri. In exchange for Baalbek, Toghtekin granted al-Taj the fortress of Salkhad where he died in 1131. Runciman, Steven (1952). A History of the Crusades...

or Thibin) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Salkhad District of the al-Suwayda Governorate. It is located south of al-Suwayda...

following year he took up an offer by ruler of Damascus, of a post in Salkhad, near Damascus, where he lived until his death. His only surviving work...

biblical Salecah was probably in the eastern Bashan, perhaps at contemporary Salkhad. Tel Anafa  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the...

Together Mu'in al-Din and Nur al-Din besiege the fortresses of Bosra and Salkhad, which has been captured by rebellious Muslim forces. Battle of Bosra:...

Salkhad Subdistrict Salkhad al-Annat Awas al-Karbis Imtan al-Mashquq al-Munaydhrah Urman al-Uyun al-Rafqah Sama al-Bardan Shanirah Tahulah Qurayyah Subdistrict...

(1925–1927) Location: French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon Capture of Salkhad Battle of al-Kafr Battle of al-Mazraa Battle of al-Musayfirah 1925 Hama...

Nearby localities include Bosra to the southwest, Hout to the south, Salkhad to the southeast, al-Kafr, Hibran and Sahwat al-Khudr to the northeast...

Wadi al-Kura, north of Medina, and from there to Der'a in Syria, west of Salkhad. In the course of time, they assimilated with the Jewish communities, pre-existing...

directed Druze migrants from Mount Lebanon to settle in the villages of Salkhad, Urman, Sahwat al-Khudr, al-Kafr and Hubran, but he did not have control...