Time Table to Part I

AD Year of the Hejra (Lunar)
622 (16th of July) The flight of Muhammed the Prophet from Mecca to Medina —
1831 Ibrahìm Pasha, adopted son of the Khedive Mehemed Ali, conquers Syria. Battle of Konia 1256⁠–⁠7
1831⁠–⁠1840 A time of great prosperity for all classes, Christians and Muslims alike, under an enlightened government —
1840 Syria signed back to the Sultàn at Conference of London —
1858 Bombardment of Jedda by the French as a punishment for the massacre there 1275
1860 (March⁠–⁠April) Saïd leaves his native town, his house and his fig-tree by the seashore —
1860 (June) The Maronites attack the Drûz and are slaughtered all over Lebanon 1277
1860 (June⁠–⁠July) Great massacre of Damascus 1277
1860 (September) Execution of Ahmed Pasha, Wâly of Damascus, for culpable incompetence shown during the massacre 1278