Abu Jarash

Abu Jarash
أبو جرش
Neighborhood
Abu Jarash

Location in Syria

Coordinates: SY 33°31′56″N 36°17′25″E / 33.53222°N 36.29028°E / 33.53222; 36.29028Coordinates: SY 33°31′56″N 36°17′25″E / 33.53222°N 36.29028°E / 33.53222; 36.29028
Country  Syria
Governorate Damascus Governorate
Subdistrict Damascus
Municipality Al-Salihiyah
Population (2004)
 • Total 12,798

Abu Jarash (Arabic: أبو جرش‎‎) is a neighborhood and district of the al-Salihiyah municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 12,798 in the 2004 census.[1] In the 1936 French Mandate census, ABu Jarash had a population of 9,600, all Muslims.[2] The neighborhood was built around the domed mausoleum of Abu Jarash,[3] also known as Abdallah ibn Sala al-Raqqi, a high-ranking Ayyubid royal court official.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Hillenbrand, Robert (1994). Islamic Architecture: Form, Function, and Meaning. Columbia University Press. p. xxii.
  4. ↑ Burns, Ross (2005). Damascus: A History. Routledge. p. 290.
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