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1052:M. al-Ayyubi
1037:N. al-Atassi
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92:Succeeded by
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1600:1968 deaths
1595:1885 births
1569:Sami Droubi
1416:Khalid Raad
1406:Salim Yasin
1280:Ali Hammoud
987:al-Dawalibi
929:(1958–1961)
876:al-Dawalibi
841:(1950–1958)
697:(1930–1950)
653:(1925–1930)
350:Later years
166:لطفي الحفار
80:Preceded by
29:لطفي الحفار
1589:Categories
1260:Fawzi Selu
1097:Ghalawanji
977:al-Kuzbari
742:al-Bukhari
377:References
250:Ahmad Nami
118:1885-02-18
1494:Rida Said
1062:al-Halabi
1057:Khleifawi
1047:Khleifawi
997:K. al-Azm
911:al-Ghazzi
901:al-Khoury
896:al-Ghazzi
886:Shishakli
871:al-Khatib
861:K. al-Azm
823:K. al-Azm
798:K. al-Azm
787:K. al-Azm
782:al-Jabiri
777:al-Khoury
772:al-Jabiri
752:K. al-Azm
737:al-Haffar
722:al-Hasani
717:H. al-Azm
712:al-Hasani
684:al-Hasani
673:al-Hasani
635:Al-Droubi
624:al-Rikabi
190:Damascene
180:in 1939.
69:President
60:In office
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1103:al-Halqi
1082:al-Otari
1072:Al-Zoubi
1042:al-Assad
1027:al-Bitar
1017:al-Hafiz
1012:al-Bitar
1007:al-Hafiz
1002:al-Bitar
916:al-Asali
906:al-Asali
891:al-Asali
866:al-Hakim
856:al-Qudsi
828:al-Qudsi
818:al-Qudsi
803:al-Za'im
767:al-Ulshi
757:al-Hakim
640:al-Ulshi
437:(2006).
330:and the
145:Damascus
125:Damascus
1067:al-Kasm
1032:Zuayyin
1022:Zuayyin
992:al-Azma
982:al-Nuss
668:Barakat
498:15 July
400:21 July
304:Baghdad
147:, Syria
1113:Arnous
1108:Khamis
949:Sarraj
944:Kahala
793:Mardam
732:Mardam
609:(1920)
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206:Ghouta
170:Syrian
162:Arabic
1360:Syria
1092:Hijab
1087:Safar
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1077:Mero
881:Selu
679:Nami
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