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Also Known As Michel Aflak
Born 1910 • Damascus • Ottoman Empire
Died June 23, 1989 (aged 79) • Paris • France
Founder Baʿath Party
Political Affiliation Baʿath Party
Sayf al-Dawlah
Ḥamdānid ruler
Salah al-Din Bitar
Syrian politician
Hafez al-Assad
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Shukri al-Quwatli.
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Bardesanes
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Hadrian
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Trajan
Trajan
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Faisal I
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Gabinius, bronze bust; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Aulus Gabinius
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Amin al-Husseini
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Marcus Licinius Crassus
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