Masjid Aqsab
This article is about the neighborhood in Damascus. For the mosque by the same name, see Aqsab Mosque.
Masjid Aqsab مسجد الأقصاب | |
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Neighborhood | |
Masjid Aqsab Location in Syria | |
Coordinates: SY 33°31′5″N 36°18′41″E / 33.51806°N 36.31139°ECoordinates: SY 33°31′5″N 36°18′41″E / 33.51806°N 36.31139°E | |
Country | Syria Syria |
Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
Subdistrict | Damascus |
Municipality | Sarouja |
Population (2004) | |
• Total | 14,148 |
Masjid Aqsab (Arabic: مسجد الأقصاب) is a neighborhood and district of the Sarouja municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 14,148 in the 2004 census.[1] The neighborhood was founded during the Mamluk era (14th century) as a suburb of the walled city of Damascus, bordering the Bab al-Salam gate to the south and contiguous with the al-Faradis neighborhood to the west.[2] It was built around the Aqsab Mosque, after which the neighborhood was named. The mosque purportedly contained the graves of seven Sahaba (companions of Muhammad).[2] In the 1936 French Mandate census, the neighborhood had a population of 6,900, all Muslims.[3]
References
- ↑ Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census
- 1 2 Kenney, Ellen V. (2009). Power and Patronage in Medieval Syria: The Architecture and Urban Works of Tankiz Al-Nāṣirī. Middle East Documentation Center. p. 18.
- ↑ Khoury, Philip S. (1993). "Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate". In Hourani, Albert. The Modern Middle East. University of California Press. p. 433.
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