Al-Asali

Al-Asali
العسالي
Neighborhood
Al-Asali

Location in Syria

Coordinates: SY 33°27′59″N 36°17′9″E / 33.46639°N 36.28583°E / 33.46639; 36.28583Coordinates: SY 33°27′59″N 36°17′9″E / 33.46639°N 36.28583°E / 33.46639; 36.28583
Country  Syria Syria
Governorate Damascus Governorate
Subdistrict Damascus
Municipality Qadam
Population (2004)
  Total 21,731

Al-Asali (Arabic: العسالي) is a neighborhood and district of the Qadam municipality in Damascus, Syria.[1][2] It had a population of 21,731 in the 2004 census.[3] The neighborhood was built around the small Maqam al-Asali shrine, named after Shaykh Ahmad al-Asali al-Khalwati, a local Muslim holy man.[4] The al-Asali shrine was a station in the annual Hajj pilgrim caravan, which came to an end in the early 20th century.[5] During the caravan procession, tents were set up around the shrine to host dignitaries and pilgrims before the caravan departed the city for Mecca.[5]

References

  1. Khaled Yacoub Oweis (18 July 2012). "Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  2. "Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map" (PDF). ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  3. Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census.
  4. Munayyir, Muhammad Arif ibn Ahmad (1971). Landau, Jacob M., ed. The Hejaz Railway and the Muslim Pilgrimage: A Case of Ottoman Political Propaganda. Wayne State University Press.
  5. 1 2 Peters, F. E. (1994). The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places. Princeton University Press. p. 272.
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