Talk:List of rulers of Damascus

This needs a possible merging with Ayyubid dynasty. That is, if there ever is an article. Xhin 02:50, 29 August 2005 (UTC)


 * But the Burid Dynasty and the Zengid dynasty also ruled Damascus. And there were rulers before the Burids, of course; a "Rulers of Damascus" article might work better than the more specific "Sultans". Adam Bishop 03:18, 29 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Okay, I made it "Rulers of Damascus", mostly incorporating the lists from hostkingdom.net, plus other lists on Wikipedia. Adam Bishop 20:51, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

All links are broken, this this page has no real sources now. Anyone able to replace them? 76.78.59.49 (talk) 03:39, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

The Ottoman governors
Questions and notes:
 * 1) Should the Turkish or Arabic transliterations be used to spell the names of the Ottoman-era governors? I have found the Arabic to be the most common spelling for most of the Damascene governors I've read about in English-language sources.
 * 2) Should the section be split into subsections for the time periods in which Damascus was an eyalet (1517-1865) and a vilayet (also called Syria Vilayet, 1865-1918)? It should also be noted the term wali or vali was not the official title of the governor until the mid-19th century. Prior to that, the title beylerbey was used. --Al Ameer (talk) 19:30, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

Problem
There is a problem with this article and many related articles and succession boxes. In Ayyubid times the title of sultan was only attached to the rulership of Egypt, the other Ayyubid rulers, such as those of Damascus were emirs. The sultan had some level of authority over the lesser Ayyubid princes and could be regarded as being the 'Sultan of Egypt and Syria', but there wasn't a separate sultanate of Syria, neither were the rulers of parts of Syria and the Jazira, e.g. Damascus, Mosul and Aleppo, sultans. Urselius (talk) 08:04, 15 May 2019 (UTC)