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    Deir al-Qamar (Arabic: دَيْر الْقَمَر, romanized: Dayr al-qamar, lit. 'Monastery of the moon') is a city south-east of Beirut in south-central Lebanon...
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    الدين) with its octagonal minaret is a mosque in Deir al-Qamar, Lebanon. Built in 1493 by Fakhr al-Din I and restored in the sixteenth century, it is...
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    palatial government houses in Sidon, Beirut and his Chouf stronghold of Deir al-Qamar, caravanserais, bathhouses, mills, and bridges, some of which remain...
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    fighters, launched an assault on Deir al-Qamar on 2 June and another assault the next day. The Christian defenders in Deir al-Qamar initially put up stiff resistance...
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  • Pamela El Kik (Arabic: باميلا الكيك; born 14 May 1988 in Deir al-Qamar) is a Lebanese actress who grew up in Ashrafieh, Lebanon. She began her career...
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    14 square km, number of homes 2,870. Bordering Towns: Deir al-Qamar, Beit ed-Dine, Aynbal, Deir Dourit, Symkanieh, and Jahlieh. Founded in the 12th century...
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  • blow. Yusuf Shihab thereafter retreated to his mountain village of Deir al-Qamar, leaving Sidon under Sheikh Ali Jumblatt and 3,000 Druze defenders....
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    farms confiscated and transferred to Musa Alam al-Din, who also commandeered the Ma'n palace in Deir al-Qamar. The following year, Emir Ahmad and his Shihab...
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    apparent seat in Deir al-Qamar may have been related to a conflict with Alam al-Din Sulayman, who may have controlled Deir al-Qamar at the time, or a...
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    Druze, founded the Fakhreddine Mosque in the family's stronghold of Deir al-Qamar. Two years following the advent of Ottoman rule in the Syrian region...
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