Russian occupations of Beirut
... that the Russian occupations of Beirut in 1772 and 1773 marked the first period in over 250 years that Beirut was ruled by a power other than the Ottoman Empire?
... that the <b id="mwTg"><a href="./Russian_occupations_of_Beirut" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Russian occupations of Beirut">Russian occupations of Beirut</a></b> in 1772 and 1773 marked the first period in over 250 years that <a href="./Beirut" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beirut">Beirut</a> was ruled by a power other than the Ottoman Empire?