As'ad Pasha al-Azm was the governor of Damascus under Ottoman rule from 1743 to his deposition in 1757. He was responsible for the construction of several architectural works in the city and other places in Syria.
Architecture of the Azm Palace built in 1751 under the patronage of As'ad Pasha al-Azm
Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located 213 km (132 mi) north of Damascus and 46 kilometres (29 mi) north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000, Hama is the fourth-largest city in Syria after Damascus, Aleppo and Homs.
Image: Hama
Image: Noria and houses in Hama, Syria
Image: Al Azam Palace at Hama 1
An alley in old Hama