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Khaled al-Asaad

1932 - 2015

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Khaled Mohamad al-Asaad (Arabic: خالد الأسعد; Arabic pronunciation: [ɐlʔæsʕæd]; 1 January 1932 – 18 August 2015) was a Syrian archaeologist who headed the antiquities in the ancient city of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He held this position for over forty years. Al-Asaad was publicly beheaded by the Islamic State on 18 August 2015, at the age of 83. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khaled al-Asaad is the 587th most popular writer (up from 1,312th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Syria (up from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Writer.

Khaled al-asaad is a Syrian architect who was killed by ISIS in 2017. He was most famous for designing the Citadel of Aleppo, which was a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Among writers, Khaled al-Asaad ranks 587 out of 7,302. Before him are John Donne, Ulrich von Hutten, Bai Juyi, Adam de la Halle, Gaston Leroux, and Patrick Süskind. After him are Bohumil Hrabal, Gérard de Nerval, George Eliot, William Makepeace Thackeray, Georges Perec, and Antoine François Prévost.

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Among people born in 1932, Khaled al-Asaad ranks 34. Before him are Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Benigno Aquino Jr., Gerhard Richter, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Anatoliy Solovianenko, and Víctor Jara. After him are Melvin Schwartz, Camilo Cienfuegos, Carlos Saura, Ellen Burstyn, Michel Legrand, and Frances E. Allen. Among people deceased in 2015, Khaled al-Asaad ranks 30. Before him are Dusty Rhodes, Josef Masopust, Leonard Nimoy, Kenan Evren, Val Logsdon Fitch, and Ulrich Beck. After him are Yoichiro Nambu, Manoel de Oliveira, Richard F. Heck, Otto Carius, Tariq Aziz, and Maya Plisetskaya.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Khaled al-Asaad ranks 24 out of 210. Before him are Aemilius Papinianus (142), Iamblichus (245), Al-Adil I (1145), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Muawiya II (661), and Anisa Makhlouf (1930). After him are Antiochus II Theos (-286), Avidius Cassius (130), Zimri-Lim (-1800), Michel Aflaq (1910), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), and Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Khaled al-Asaad ranks 1. After him are Al-Maʿarri (973), Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Nizar Qabbani (1923), Adunis (1930), Andrew of Crete (660), Herodian (170), Abu Tammam (788), Cassius Longinus (213), Usama ibn Munqidh (1095), Jurji Zaydan (1861), and Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389).

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