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Al-Asali
العسالي
Neighborhood
Al-Asali is located in Syria
Al-Asali
Al-Asali
Location in Syria
Coordinates: 33°27′59″N 36°17′9″E / 33.46639°N 36.28583°E / 33.46639; 36.28583
Country Syria
GovernorateDamascus Governorate
SubdistrictDamascus
MunicipalityQadam
Population
 (2004)
  Total
21,731
Time zoneUTC+3 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (EEST)
ClimateBSk

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]

References

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  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. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  3. Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census Deprecated link archived 1 August 2012 at archive.today.
  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. ISBN 9780814314227.
  5. 1 2 Peters, F. E. (1994). The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places. Princeton University Press. p. 272. ISBN 9780691026190.