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'''Al-Asali''' ({{lang-ar|العسالي}}) is a neighborhood and district of the [[Qadam]] municipality in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/us-syria-crisis-damascus-idUSBRE86H0BI20120718|title=Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace|author=Khaled Yacoub Oweis|date=18 July 2012|accessdate= 19 July 2012|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref name="OCHA">{{cite web|title=Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/SYR_11102_Damascus_A1L_20150316_web.pdf|website=ReliefWeb|publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|accessdate=2016-04-08|date=2015-03-16}}</ref> It had a population of 21,731 in the 2004 census.<ref>[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB01-1-2004.htm Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census].</ref> The neighborhood was built around the small Maqam al-Asali shrine, named after Shaykh Ahmad al-Asali al-Khalwati, a local Muslim holy man.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Munayyir|first1=Muhammad Arif ibn Ahmad|editor1-last=Landau|editor1-first=Jacob M.|title=The Hejaz Railway and the Muslim Pilgrimage: A Case of Ottoman Political Propaganda|date=1971|publisher=Wayne State University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWS3AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Khalwati+(may%22&dq=%22Khalwati+(may%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidm8rkroDMAhUBSSYKHcc5CDEQ6AEIJzAC}}</ref> The al-Asali shrine was a station in the annual [[Hajj]] pilgrim caravan, which came to an end in the early 20th century.<ref name="Peters272">{{cite book|last1=Peters|first1=F. E.|title=The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places|date=1994|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=272|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK5MqskDYC0C&pg=PA272}}</ref> During the caravan procession, tents were set up around the shrine to host dignitaries and pilgrims before the caravan departed the city for [[Mecca]].<ref name="Peters272"/> |
'''Al-Asali''' ({{lang-ar|العسالي}}) is a neighborhood and district of the [[Qadam]] municipality in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/us-syria-crisis-damascus-idUSBRE86H0BI20120718|title=Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace|author=Khaled Yacoub Oweis|date=18 July 2012|accessdate= 19 July 2012|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref name="OCHA">{{cite web|title=Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/SYR_11102_Damascus_A1L_20150316_web.pdf|website=ReliefWeb|publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|accessdate=2016-04-08|date=2015-03-16}}</ref> It had a population of 21,731 in the 2004 census.<ref>[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB01-1-2004.htm Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120801022816/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB01-1-2004.htm |date=1 August 2012 }}.</ref> The neighborhood was built around the small Maqam al-Asali shrine, named after Shaykh Ahmad al-Asali al-Khalwati, a local Muslim holy man.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Munayyir|first1=Muhammad Arif ibn Ahmad|editor1-last=Landau|editor1-first=Jacob M.|title=The Hejaz Railway and the Muslim Pilgrimage: A Case of Ottoman Political Propaganda|date=1971|publisher=Wayne State University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vWS3AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Khalwati+(may%22&dq=%22Khalwati+(may%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidm8rkroDMAhUBSSYKHcc5CDEQ6AEIJzAC}}</ref> The al-Asali shrine was a station in the annual [[Hajj]] pilgrim caravan, which came to an end in the early 20th century.<ref name="Peters272">{{cite book|last1=Peters|first1=F. E.|title=The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places|date=1994|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=272|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EK5MqskDYC0C&pg=PA272}}</ref> During the caravan procession, tents were set up around the shrine to host dignitaries and pilgrims before the caravan departed the city for [[Mecca]].<ref name="Peters272"/> |
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Al-Asali
العسالي | |
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Neighborhood | |
  Al-Asali Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°27′59″N 36°17′9″E / 33.46639°N 36.28583°E | |
| Country |  Syria Syria |
| Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
| Subdistrict | Damascus |
| Municipality | Qadam |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 21,731 |
Al-Asali (Template:Lang-ar) 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 Maqam al-Asali 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Peters, F. E. (1994). The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places. Princeton University Press. p. 272.
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