Al-Dimashqi Explained

The Arabic nisbah (attributive title) Al-Dimashqi (Arabic: الدمشقي) denotes an origin from Damascus, Syria.

Al-Dimashqi may refer to:

• Al-Dimashqi (geographer): a medieval Arab geographer.
• Abu al-Fadl Ja'far ibn 'Ali al-Dimashqi: 12th-century Muslim merchant.
• Al-Dhahabi: Shafi'i Muhaddith and historian of Islam.
• Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi: 14th-century Syrian theologian
• Ibn al-Nafis: Arab physician who is mostly famous for being the first to describe the pulmonary circulation of the blood.
• Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya: a prominent Sunni Islamic jurist.
• Ibn 'Asakir: a Sunni Islamic scholar and historian
• John of Damascus (Yuhanna al-Dimashqi) - Christian monk

See also

• List of people from Damascus