William of Tyre (Latin: Willelmus Tyrensis; c. 1130 – 29 September 1186) was a medieval prelate and chronicler.As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes known as William II to distinguish him from his predecessor, William I, the Englishman, a former Prior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, who was Archbishop of Tyre from 1127 to 1135. He grew up in Jerusalem at the height of the …

Other places Lebanon. Tyre District; See of Tyre, a Christian diocese; Tyre Hippodrome, a UNESCO World Heritage site; United States. Tyre, New York; Tyre, Michigan; Mythology. Tyres, one of two minor Greek mythological figures; People with the name. Colin Tyre, Lord Tyre (born 1956), Scottish judge; Tyre Glasper (born 1987), American football linebacker; Tyre Phillips …

Musa al-Sadr came from a long line of clerics tracing their ancestry back to Jabal Amel. [page needed]His great-great-grandfather S. Salih b.Muhammad Sharafeddin, a high-ranking cleric, was born in Shhour, a village near Tyre, Lebanon.Following a frantic turn of events related to an anti-Ottoman uprising, he left for Najaf.[page needed] Sharafeddin's son, Sadreddin, left Najaf for …

The history of Lebanon covers the history of the modern Republic of Lebanon and the earlier emergence of Greater Lebanon under the French Mandate for Syria ... in Tyre it was the Mamlouk family that gained a dominant position. Its head Jussuf Aga Ibn Mamluk was reportedly a son of the Anti-Shiite Jazzar Pasha. Late 19th century. Lebanese dress ...

This article details the history of Tyre, Lebanon, one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for over 4,700 years.Situated in the Levant on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Tyre became the leading city of the Phoenician civilization in 969 BC with the reign of the Tyrian king Hiram I, the city of Tyre alongside its Phoenician homeland ...

Hospital Akkar Rahal - Halba, Lebanon; Hiram Hospital - Tyre - Jal El Bahr; Hopital Dr. Georges Moarbes - Furn el Chebbak; Hammoud Hospital University Medical Center - Saida; Hotel-Dieu De France - Achrafieh, Beirut; Hôpital Abou Jaoudeh - Jal el Dib; Hôpital Hayek - Horsh Tabet, Sin El Fil; Hôpital Libanais Geitaoui - Beirut; Hôpital ...

Cana of Galilee (Ancient Greek: Κανὰ τῆς Γαλιλαίας; Arabic: قانا الجليل, romanized: Qana al-Jalil, lit. 'Qana of the Galilee') is the location of the Marriage at Cana, at which the miracle of turning water into wine took place in the Gospel of John. The location is disputed, with the four primary locations being Kafr Kanna, Khirbet Qana and Reineh in Lower Galilee ...

The South Lebanon conflict, designated by Israel as the Security Zone in Lebanon Campaign, was a protracted armed conflict that took place in southern Lebanon from 1985 to 2000. It saw fighting between the Christian-dominated South Lebanon Army (SLA) and Hezbollah-led Muslim guerrillas within the Israeli-occupied "Security Zone"; the SLA had military and logistical …

Districts of Lebanon. This is a list of cities and towns in Lebanon distributed according to district Largest cities. City Region Population Beirut: Beirut Governorate: 1,916,100 Tripoli: North Governorate: 229,398 Sidon: South Governorate ... Tyre; Zibkin; See also. List of …

Conrad of Montferrat (Italian: Corrado del Monferrato; Piedmontese: Conrà ëd Monfrà) (died 28 April 1192) was a nobleman, one of the major participants in the Third Crusade.He was the de facto King of Jerusalem (as Conrad I) by virtue of his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem from 24 November 1190, but officially elected only in 1192, days before his death.