Bab as-Saghir

Bāb Al Saghīr Cemetery

Bāb Saghīr (Arabic: باب الصغير), also called "Goristan-e-Ghariban", is one of the seven gates of the old city of Damascus. It also refers to an ancient cemetery and street in Damascus, Syria, with tombs on either side of the road. It is located in the Dimashq neighborhood, southwest of Umayyad Mosque.

Notable interments

Tombs

• Umm Kulthum, daughter of Ali and Fatimah
• Bilal al-Habashi, the Muazzin of Muhammad
• Sukaynah, daughter of the Imam, Husayn ibn Ali (different from the daughter buried in Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque)
• Fidha, the maid of Fatimah (Muhammad's daughter)
• Abdullah, son of the Fourth Imām, Ali Zaynul 'Aabideen
• Maymuunah, daughter of the Second Imām, Hasan al-Mujtaba
• Asma, wife of Ja'far at-Tayyaar
• Hameedah, daughter of Muslim ibn Aqeel
• Kamaid bin Aswad al-Kindi, companion of Ali
• Obay ibn Ka'b, husband of Halima, wet nurse of Muhammad
• Abdullah bin Umm Maktoum, Muazzin
• Nizar Qabbani, Famous 20th century Poet

Cenotaphs

The following tombs are also found within this cemetery, however these are empty graves created for the purpose of ziyarah. The actual graves are at Jannatul Baqee', in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.

• Muhammad's wives:
  • Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya
  • Ramlah bint Abi-Sufyan (aka Umm Habeebah)
• Abdullah, son of Ja'far at-Tayyaar, husband and cousin of Lady Zaynab
• Abdullah, son of the Sixth Imām, Ja'far as-Sadiq
• Fatima Sughra, daughter of Husayn ibn Ali

Other features

• Maqam Ra's Shuhada, the former burial place of the heads of the casualties in Husayn's army at Karbala (also called "ganj-e-sarha-e-shuhada-e-Karbala")
• The well from which the Fourth Shī`a Imām, Ali Zaynul 'Aabideen used to perform wudhu

See also

Media related to Bāb Saghīr at Wikimedia Commons

• Holiest sites in Islam
• Jannatul Baqee
• Jannatul Mualla
• Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque
• Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque

External links

• Ziyarets in Syria