This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present. General context: History of Damascus. 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 Persian Achaemenid Empire (539 BC–332 BC) to Macedon (332 BC–323 BC) to Antigonids (323 BC–301 BC) to Ptolemaic Kingdom (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 period 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 period 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 period 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 (c. 785) Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Imam (?–788) Ibrahim ibn as-Salih ibn Ali (c. 788–791) Musa ibn Isa (c. 792) Musa ibn Yahya al-Barmaki (c. 792) Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (793–795) Ishaq ibn Isa ibn Ali (c. 795–?) Shu'ayb ibn Khazim (802–803) Ja'far ibn Yahya (803) Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (803–804) Sulayman ibn al-Mansur (804–805) Yahya ibn Mu'adh ibn Muslim (c. 806) Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Qahtaba (807–809) Mansur ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi (809–810) Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Harashi (810) Sulayman ibn al-Mansur (810) Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Bayhas (813–823 or 824/825) Ma'yuf ibn Yahya ibn Ma'yuf al-Hamdani or Sadaqa ibn Uthman al-Murri (appointed by viceroy Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani) (825–?) Abu Ishaq Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid