- Source: Qaymariyya
Al-Qaymariyya (Arabic: القيمرية) is a quarter of the Old City of Damascus. It is located in the center of the Old City, bordering the eastern wall of the Umayyad Mosque. It had a population of 4,034 in the 2004 census.
Al-Qaymariyya was named after the Ayyubid-Kurdish emir Naser ad-Din al-Hussein bin Abdul Aziz al-Qaymari al-Kurdi who built "Al-Qaymariyya Grand School" there. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, al-Qaymariyya was a middle-class, residential neighborhood, primarily home to Damascus businessmen. In the 1936 French Mandate census, Qaymariyya had a population of 5,817 Muslims and 241 Christians.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Qaymariyya
- Qaymariyya (tribe)
- Ayyubid dynasty
- Siege of Jerusalem (1244)
- Old city of Damascus
- 1250
- Bab Tuma
- Nabila El-Nabulsi
- Khwarazmian army between 1231 and 1246
- An-Nasir Yusuf
