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 al-Asali maqam (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]
Al-Asali
العسالي | |
|---|---|
Neighborhood | |
  Al-Asali Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°27′59″N 36°17′9″E / 33.46639°N 36.28583°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
| Subdistrict | Damascus |
| Municipality | Qadam |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 21,731 |
| Time zone | UTC 3 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 2 (EEST) |
| Climate | BSk |
References
edit- ^ Khaled Yacoub Oweis (18 July 2012). "Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map" (PDF). ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census Archived 1 August 2012 at archive.today.
- ^ 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. ISBN 9780814314227.
- ^ a b Peters, F. E. (1994). The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places. Princeton University Press. p. 272. ISBN 9780691026190.
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