Ottoman Beirut · event 6 of 7

1888

Capital of a province. Beirut is made the capital of its own Ottoman vilayet, running the coast from Latakia to Nablus. Its population passes a hundred thousand, and the modern city — the port, the tram, the gas lighting, the newspapers — takes shape.

The Ottoman Beirut era

  1. 1516
  2. 1831
  3. 1860
  4. 1863
  5. 1866
  6. 1888
  7. 1916

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