List of rulers of Damascus

Canaanite

Uz ben Shem (c. 2500 BC)

Biryawaza (14th century BC)

Aram Damascus

Rezon I (c. 950 BC)

Tabrimmon

Ben-Hadad I (c. 885 BCE-c. 865 BC)

Hadadezer (c. 865 BC-c. 842 BC)

Hazael (c. 842 BC-c. 804 BC)

Ben-Hadad III (c. 796 BC)

Tab-El (c. 770 BC)

Rezon II (c. 740 BC-732 BC)

Period of non-independence

to Assyria (732 BC-609 BC)

Ilu-Ittia (c. 8th century BC)

to Babylon (609 BC-539 BC)

to Persia (539 BC-332 BC)

to Macedon (332 BC-323 BC)

to Antigonids (323 BC-301 BC)

to Egypt (301 BC-198 BC)

to Seleucids (198 BC-167 BC)

to Ituraea (167 BC-110 BC) (Semi independent from Seleucids)

to the Decapolis (110 BC-85 BC) (Semi independent from Seleucids)

to Nabataea (85 BC-64 BC)

to the Roman Republic/Roman Empire/Byzantine Empire (64 BC-635)

to the Ghassanids (529-584; ?-635)

Rashidun emirs

Khalid ibn al-Walid (635-636)

Abu Ubaidah ibn al Jarrah (636-637)

Amr ibn al-Aas (637-640)

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (640)

Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan (640-661)

Umayyad dynasty ruling in Damascus

Muawiyah I ibn Abu Sufyan (661-680)

Yazid I ibn Muawiyah (680-683)

Muawiya II ibn Yazid (683-684)

Marwan I ibn Hakam (684-685)

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (685-705)

al-Walid I ibn Abd al-Malik (705-715

Suleiman ibn Abd al-Malik (715-717)

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (717-720 )

Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik (720-724)

Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (724-743)

al-Walid II ibn Yazid II (743-744)

Yazid III ibn al-Walid (744)

Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (744)

Marwan II ibn Muhammad (ruled from Harran in the Jazira, 744-750)

Abbasid emirs

Abdallah ibn Ali (750-754)

Salih ibn Ali (754)

Abd al-Wahhab ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi(754-764)

Al-Fadl ibn Salih (766-775)

Abu Ja'far Harun al-Rashid (783-786)

Ibrahim ibn as-Salih ibn Ali (791-793)

Musa ibn Yahya al-Barmaki (793-794)

Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (794-797)

Ja'far ibn Yahya (797-803)

Shu'ayb ibn Khazim (803-804)

Yahya ibn Mu'adh ibn Muslim (806-808)

Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (810-811)

Sulayman ibn al-Mansur (811-815)

Tahir ibn al-Husein (815-821)

Abdallah ibn Tahir (821-822)

Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid (828-829)

al-Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun (829-833)

'Ali ibn Ishaq (833-841)

Rija ibn Ayyub al-Hadari (841-847)

Malik ibn Sauq al-Taglibi (847-850)

Ibrahim al-Muyad ibn Mutawakkil (850-855)

al-Fath ibn Hakan al-Turki (856-861)

'Isa ibn Muhammad ibn al-Shayh (861-864)

Amajur al-Turki (870-878)

'Ali ibn Amajur al-Turki (878)

to Tulunid Egypt (877-896)

Tughj ibn Juff (896–905)

Ahmad ibn Kayghalagh (905–906)

al-Rashidi (928–931)

Muhammad ibn Tughj (931–935)

to Ikhshidid Egypt (935-969), except for:

to Ibn Ra'iq (939–942)

Muhammad ibn Yazdad al-Shahrzuri (943-945)

Sayf al-Dawla Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Abu al-Shuja (briefly in 945 and 947)

Fatimid emirs

Abu Ali Ja'far ibn Fallah al-Kutami (970-971)

Qarmatian occupation of Damascus

Zalim inbn Mauhab al-Ukayli (973-974)

Jaysh ibn Muhammad (974)

Rayn al-Mu'izzi (974)

Alptakin al-Mu'izzi (975-978)

Qassam al-Turab (978-983)

Fatimid recovery of Damascus

Baltakin al-Turki (983)

Bakjur (983-991)

Ya'qub al-Siqlabi (991)

Manjutakin (993-996)

Sulayman ibn Fallah (996)

Bishara al-Ikhshidi (997-998)

Jaysh ibn Muhammad (998-1000)

Sulayman ibn Fallah (1000–1002)

Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn Jafar (1002–1004)

Abu Salih Muflih al-Lihyani (1004–1009)

Hamid ibn Mulham (1009)

Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan (1010–1011)

Badr al-Attar (1011–1012)

Abu Abdallah al-Muzahhir (1012–1014)

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ilyas (1015–1021)

Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan (1021–1023)

Shihab ad-Dawlah Shah Tegin (1023–1024)

Wajik ad-Dawlah Abu al-Muta Zu-l-Karnayn Hamdan (1024–1028)

Anushtakin ad-Dizbari (1028–1041)

Nasir ad-Dawlah al-Hamdani (1041–1048)

Baha ad-Dawlah Takiq al-Saklabi (1048–1049)

Rifq al-Khadim (1049)

Mu'in ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Adud ad-Dawlah (1049–1058)

Makin ad-Dawlah Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (1058)

Nasir ad-Dawlah al-Hamdani (1058–1060)

Sebuq Tegin (1060)

Muwaffaq ad-Dawlah Jauhar al-Mustansiri (1060–1061)

Hasam ad-Dawlah ibn al-Bachinaki (1061)

Uddat ad-Dawlah ibn al-Husein (1061)

Mu'in ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Adud ad-Dawla (1061–1063)

Badr al-Jamali (1063)

Hisn ad-Dawlah Haydar ibn Mansur (1063–1067)

Qutb ad-Din Baris Tegin (1068–1069)

Hisn ad-Dawlah Mualla al-Kitami (1069–1071)

Zain ad-Dawlah Intisar ibn Yahya al-Masmudi (1075–1076)

Seljuq emirs

Abaaq al-Khwarazmi (1076–1079)

Tutush I (1079–1095)

Duqaq (1095–1104)

Tutush II (1104)

Muhi ad-Din Baqtash (1104)

Burid emirs

Zahir ad-Din Toghtekin (1104–1128)

Taj al-Muluk Buri (1128–1132)

Shams al-Mulk Ismail (1132–1135)

Shihab ad-Din Mahmud (1135–1139)

Jamal ad-Din Muhammad (1139–1140)

Mu'in ad-Din Unur (Regent, 1140–1149)

Mujir ad-Din Abaq (1140–1154)

Zengid atabegs

Nur ad-Din Mahmud (1154–1174)

As-Salih Ismail al-Malik (1174)

Ayyubid sultans

Saladin (1174–1186)

Al-Afdal (1186–1196), Son of Saladin

Al-Adil I (1196–1218)

Al-Mu'azzam (1218–1227)

An-Nasir Dawud (1227–1229)

Al-Ashraf (1229–1237)

As-Salih Ismail (1237)

Al-Kamil (1237–1238)

Al-Adil II (1238–1239)

As-Salih Ayyub (1239)

As-Salih Ismail (1239–1245)

As-Salih Ayyub (1245–1249)

Turanshah (1249–1250)

An-Nasir Yusuf (1250–1260)

Mamluk na'ibs

Sanjar as-Salihi (August 1260–October 1260)

Taybars al-Waziri (October 1260–1264)

Aqush as-Salihi (1264–)

Sunqur al-Ashqar (1275–1280)

Lajin al-Ashqar (1280-?)

Aqush Bey (c. 1290s)

Izz ad-Din Aybak (?-1296)

Shuja ad-Din Adirlu (1296–1297)

Sayf ad-Din Kipchak (1297–1312)

Sayf ad-Din Tanqiz as-Nasiri (1312–1340)

Yilbugha an-Nasiri (1340–1350)

Sayf ad-Din Manjak (1350)

Tash Timur (c. 1380)

Yilbugha al-Nasiri (?-1393)

Sayf ad-Din Tanibak (1393–1399)

Sudun (1399–1400)

occupied by Timur (1400–1401)

Taghribirdi az-Zahiri (1401-?)

Kijmas (c. 1470s)

Ghazali Arab (c. 16th century)

Shihab ad-Din Ahmad (1516–1517)

Janbirdi al-Ghazali (1518–1521)

Hashemite kingdom

Faisal (1918–1920)

Capital of Syria

to France (1920–1946)

Republic of Syria (1946–1958)

United Arab Republic (1958–1961)

Republic of Syria (1961–present)