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Abd ar-Rahman I, emir of Córdoba

(Encyclopedia)Abd ar-Rahman I, d. 788, first Umayyad emir of Córdoba (756–88). The only survivor of the Abbasid massacre (750) of his family in Damascus, he fled from Syria and eventually went to Spain. There he...

Abana

(Encyclopedia)Abana əbāˈnə [key], in the Bible, river of Damascus. It is probably the Barada, flowing near Damascus. See also Pharpar. ...

damask

(Encyclopedia)damask dămˈəsk [key] [from Damascus], fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by the weaving; e.g., the ground may be in twill weave, and the contrasting des...

Pharpar

(Encyclopedia)Pharpar färˈpər [key], in the Bible, river of Damascus. Its identity with the Awaj, a river flowing easterly south of the city, is doubtful. The other river of Damascus was the Abana. ...

Hazael

(Encyclopedia)Hazael hăzˈāĕl, həzāˈəl [key], fl. 840 b.c., king of Damascus; successor and murderer of Benhadad. In the Bible he appears as the ally of the party of Elisha in Israel and later as the conquer...

Tiglathpileser III

(Encyclopedia)Tiglathpileser III, d. 728 b.c., king of ancient Assyria. He seems to have usurped the throne in 745 b.c. He bore the alternative name of Pul, by which he was known in biblical history (2 Kings 15.19)...

Chrysorrhoas

(Encyclopedia)Chrysorrhoas: see John of Damascus, Saint. ...

Damascene, John

(Encyclopedia)Damascene, John: see John of Damascus, Saint. ...

John Damascene, Saint

(Encyclopedia)John Damascene, Saint: see John of Damascus, Saint. ...

Rezon

(Encyclopedia)Rezon rēˈzŏn [key], in the Bible, founder of a dynasty in Damascus and adversary of Solomon. ...