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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place

Latakia

Also known as

Al Ladhakijja
Al Ladhiqiyah
Al Ladhiqiyah
Al Ladhiqiyya
Al-Ladhaqiyya
Al-Ladhikiya

Image illustrating Latakia — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Latakiasee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

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birthplace ofAref Dalila1942 CE
birthplace ofBassem Yakhour1971 CE
place of death ofGeorge of Laodicea320 CE
birthplace ofHanna Mina1924 CE
birthplace ofLoubna Mrie1991 CE
birthplace ofMaram al-Masri1962 CE

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