Sidon (/ˈsaɪdən/ SY-dən) or Saida (/ˈsaɪdə, ˈsɑːɪdə/ SY-də, SAH-id-ə; Arabic: صيدا, romanized: Ṣaydā) is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located...
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rulers considered creating the province as early as 1585. The districts of Beirut-Sidon and Safed (encompassing much of the Galilee) were united under...
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Sidon is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and has a rich and diverse history that spans over 6,000 years. The city's name has changed over...
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HMS Sidon was a submarine of the Royal Navy, launched in September 1944, one of the third group of S class built by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead...
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The siege of Sidon was an event in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The coastal city of Sidon was captured by the forces of Baldwin I of Jerusalem...
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population of Sidon District and Chouf District in Lebanon. Its archeparchial seat is the city of Sidon, at the cathedral of Saint Nicholas. Sidon was the site...
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Salhieh (Arabic: صالحية) is a village in the Sidon District of the South Governorate in Lebanon. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Beirut. In 1838...
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and Karak, in addition to the city of Damascus and its district. There was also the sanjak of Sidon-Beirut, though throughout the late 16th century, it frequently...
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Hlaliyeh (Saida) (Arabic: هلالية (صيدا)) is a suburb of Sidon in Lebanon. It is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) from Beirut. In 1838, Eli Smith noted el-Helaliyeh...
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Zahir al-Umar (category Ottoman governors of Sidon)
al-Kabir of the Egypt Eyalet and with backing from Russia, Zahir captured Sidon, while Ali Bey's forces conquered Damascus, both acts in open defiance of...
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were the count of Jaffa and Ascalon, the prince of Galilee, the lord of Sidon, and the lord of Oultrejordain. There were also a number of independent...
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Fakhr al-Din II (category History of Sidon)
the Chouf mountains in 1591. He was appointed over the sanjaks (districts) of Sidon-Beirut in 1593 and Safed in 1602. Despite joining the rebellion of...
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Tyre, Lebanon (category Populated places in Tyre District)
largest city in Lebanon after Beirut, Tripoli, and Sidon. It is the capital of the Tyre District in the South Governorate. There were approximately 200...
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Astarte (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
had built a sanctuary of ʿAštart at Ṣidōn ʾArṣ Yam (Sidon-Land-by-the-Sea), another sanctuary in the city's district of šmm ʾdrm (the Lofty Heavens), and...
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Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Sidon (in Latin: Eparchia Sidoniensis Maronitarum) is an eparchy of the Maronite Church immediately subject to the Maronite...
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Exorcism of the Syrophoenician woman's daughter (category History of Sidon)
exorcised the woman's daughter whilst travelling in the region of Tyre and Sidon, on account of the faith shown by the woman. The third-century pseudo-Clementine...
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Audi Soap Museum (redirect from Sidon Soap Museum)
in Sidon specialized in Levantine soaps. It is open since 2000 and managed by the Audi Foundation. The soap workshop was originally built in Sidon by...
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Jazzar Pasha (category Ottoman governors of Sidon)
الجزّار, c. 1720–30s – 7 May 1804) was the Acre-based Ottoman governor of Sidon Eyalet from 1776 until his death in 1804 and the simultaneous governor of...
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were held to have struggled against the Crusader lords of Beirut and of Sidon alongside their Druze allies, the Tanukh Buhturids. They may have been part...
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of Jund al-Urdunn (the Jordan [River] District). He mentions that another highland region, between Tyre, Sidon and Qadas, was known as 'Jabal Siddiqa'...
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Nabatieh (category Populated places in Nabatieh District)
making the city the 11th largest in Lebanon behind Tyre, Bint Jbeil, Zahlé, Sidon, Baalbek, Jounieh, Tripoli and Beirut according to those 2013 estimates...
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another 2,500 of the Kastel Brigade in three districts between the Litani and a line running from Sidon to northeast of Nabatiye; and a third large concentration...
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the Ma'ns had been restored to their tax farms and the governorships of Sidon-Beirut and Safad. Fakhr al-Din reconciled Ahmad and Ali in 1619. Ahmad and...
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Zahle (Zahle), Rashaya (Rashaya), Western Beqaa (Jebjennine / Saghbine), Sidon (Sidon), Jezzine (Jezzine), Tyre (Tyre), Nabatiyeh (Nabatiyeh), Marjeyoun (Marjeyoun)...
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التنظيم الشعبي الناصري, romanized: Al-Tanzim al-Sha'aby al-Nassery) is a Sidon-based Nasserist party originally formed in 1973 by Maarouf Saad, a Sunni...
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CR Belouizdad (redirect from Chabab Riadhi de Belcourt)
average, with defeats against MC Oran (3–2), Batna (1–0), Constantine (1–0), Sidon (2–1) and MCA (2–1). The following season, in 1965–1966, CRB woke up and...
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Jezzine (category Populated places in Jezzine District)
Lebanon, located 22 km (14 mi) from Sidon and 40 km (25 mi) south of Beirut. It is the capital of Jezzine District. Surrounded by mountain peaks, pine...
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Bodashtart (category Kings of Sidon)
Phoenician: 𐤁𐤃𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕) was a Phoenician ruler, who reigned as King of Sidon (c. 525 – c. 515 BC), the grandson of King Eshmunazar I, and a vassal of...
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Kharayeb (category Populated places in Sidon District)
(Arabic: الخرايب, romanized: al-Kharāyab) is a historic town in the Sidon District in the South Governorate, Lebanon. The town is 77 km (48 mi) south of...
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Sarepta (category Sidon District)
Sarafand, Lebanon) was a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast between Sidon and Tyre, also known biblically as Zarephath. It became a bishopric, which...
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