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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Tripoli, Libya This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Sheikh Abdul Razzaq al-Asmar of the Islamic Unification Movement was killed in Tripoli the same day, when pro-Hariri gunmen took control of Tripoli and clashed with IUM and SSNP members. [82] On 21 October, violent clashes occurred throughout the country. Two young girls and a man were killed during clashes between Bab Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen ...
Overview of historical districts in Tripoli. Evidence of settlement in Tripoli dates back as early as 1400 BCE. Tripoli was originally a Phoenician colony. [1] In the 9th century, the Phoenicians established a trading station in Tripoli and later, under Persian rule, the city became the center of a confederation of the Phoenician city-states of Sidon, Tyre, and Arados Island.
Event 1260: The county of Tripoli becomes a vassal state of the Mongol Empire. 1289: The county of Tripoli falls into the hands of the Mamluks after the attack of Egyptian Sultan Qalawun in March. 1291: The Shia Muslims and Druze, in Lebanon, rebelled against the Mamluks who were busy fighting the European Crusaders and Mongols.
The city of Tripoli was one of the last Byzantine outposts on the Syrian coast of the Mediterranean Sea during the early Muslim conquests; it surrendered in 645. [1] [2] Syria was a central province of the Muslim Caliphate, but the Abbasid caliphs' control of the region faded away towards the end of the 9th century.
The siege of Tripoli lasted from 1102 until 12 July 1109. It took place on the site of the present day Lebanese city of Tripoli , in the aftermath of the First Crusade . It led to the establishment of the fourth crusader state , the County of Tripoli .
A doctor in Tripoli told Asharq Al-Awsat that mercenaries broke into his hospital and killed injured people. [65] Former UK Foreign Secretary David Owen said that a "military intervention" via a no-fly zone was immediately necessary. [66] The Austrian Army reported that the airspace around Tripoli had been closed, [67] but later retracted the ...
In 1553, Dragut was nominated commander of Tripoli by Suleiman, making the city an important center for piratical raids in the Mediterranean and the capital of the Ottoman province of Tripolitania. [4] In a famous attack from Tripoli, in 1558, Dragut attacked Reggio, and took all its inhabitants as slaves to Tripoli. [4] [13]