Albanians in Syria

[6] At the time some Albanians in the army of the Egyptian leader, Ottoman-Albanian Muhammad Ali Pasha refused to go back with the military to Egypt.

[4] Some individuals within the Albanian community were Sufis and also served as a bridgehead for the spread of Sufism back in the homeland.

[4] Overall though, Albanian Muslim clergy in Damascus are conservative due to the dominance of Sunni Islam and that is reflected in many of their religious works in Arabic.

[4] In contemporary times other Albanians in Syria have as artists, novelists, poets, short story writers, literary critics and dramatists contributed to Syrian society through their endeavours and works.

[11] The collapse of Ottoman rule in southern Europe due to the Balkan wars (1912–1913) caused their ancestors to migrate and settle in Syria.

Al-Adiliyah Mosque in Aleppo was commissioned in the 16th century by Dukaginzade Mehmed Pasha, son of Dukaginzade Ahmed Pasha . The Dukaginzade would become one of the principal families of Aleppo in the Ottoman era