People & stories

Behind every view there are people: warlords who founded cities, exiled poets, architects who gave their lives to a single church. Here are 162 historical figures linked to our destinations and 1161 local stories. History and folk legend are labelled separately, and every story has a source.

土耳其

6th century · c. 482–565

Justinian I

Eastern Roman (Byzantine) emperor

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15th century · 1432–1481

Mehmed II

Ottoman sultan, 'the Conqueror'

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17th century · 1590–1617

Ahmed I

Ottoman sultan who built the Blue Mosque

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约旦

19th century · 1784–1817

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

Swiss explorer who 'rediscovered' Petra and Abu Simbel

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1935–1999

King Hussein, Hussein bin Talal, Arabic: الحسين بن طلال

1935–1999, King of Jordan (reigned in person 1953–1999), Hashemite monarch.

阿联酋

1912–1990

Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Arabic: راشد بن سعيد آل مكتوم

1912–1990, Ruler of Dubai (1958–1990) and Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, one of the UAE's founding fathers.

1918–2004

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Arabic: زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان

1918–2004, founding president of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, known as the "Father of the Nation".

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