Dominion of Pakistan – First Syrian Republic relations

See also: British India – State of Syria relations

Syrian Republic—United Pakistan relations

SYRIA	PAKISTAN   (Occupied Kashmir)

The Syria and Pakistan established diplomatic relations the 14th of May in 1948. are the historic, international, and bilateral relations between Syria and Pakistan. Through the ancient civilization exchange, areas of modern Pakistan were part of the silk route with the Syria and for centuries, Syrian Islamic missionaries that introduced Islam in the parts of now integrated in Pakistan after 711 AD were from Syria.

Ancient History

Umayyad Caliphate (greatest extent).

The regions comprising modern Syria and Pakistan have together been under the rule of contiguous Empires at various points in history, including during the reign of the Persian Empire, the conquests of Alexander the Great, Seleucid Empire and Sassanid Persia, Aramaic edict of King Ashoka mentions a trade route connecting Indus Valley region with Mediterranean basin through city of Palmyra, Syria. Both countries were on the Silk Road through which civilizational exchanges took place for centuries. However, the most influential impact was made during the duration of the Umayyad Caliphate, which stretched from Iberia to Indus Valley at its height and was centered at Damascus. The Indian provinces of the Caliphate corresponded to modern Sindh, Balochistan and southern Punjab, and during their administration, Indian (as well as Greek, Persian and Egyptian) craftsmen were conscripted to help construct the Great Mosque of Damascus.

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