Jordan - 1575 - 1675 A.D.
1587 A.D.
Ottoman Sultan Murad III ibn Salim Khan orders the renovation of Aqaba Castle; his name is inscribed on a medallion above the inscription which bears the name of the Mamluk Sultan Qansawh al-Ghawri.
1610 A.D.
Fakhr al-Din II Ma‘n, the powerful Amir of Lebanon, sends his deputy to Constantinople asking the Ottoman Sultan to give him the governorate of Irbid and Ajlun to strengthen his emirate.