| Maqbarat al-Bāb al-Ṣaghīr مقبرة الباب الصغير | |
| Native Name: | مَـقْـبَـرَة الْـبَـاب الـصَّـغِـيْـر |
| Established: | Umayyad era[1] |
| Country: | Syria[2] |
| Location: | Damascus |
| Coordinates: | 33.5061°N 36.3064°W |
Bab al-Saghir Cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة الباب الصغير|translit=Maqbarat al-Bāb al-Ṣaghīr) is an Islamic cemetery in Damascus, Syria. It is about 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate.[3] [4]
Stephanie Mulder in a book documenting and analyzing medieval Alid shrines in Syria points out that the "tomb [dedicated to Sukayna bint al-Husayn] in the Bab al-Saghir cemetery is consistently mentioned in medieval Arabic sources from the late twelfth century onwards, and the text-based findings relating to its location, original structure, phases of development and various patrons, afford well with the rich architectural evidence documented."[5] The place has notable Islamic interments.[6] The 20th century poet Nizar Qabbani is also buried here.
Maqam Ru'us Al-Shuhada
Maqam Ru'us ash-Shuhada’ (Arabic: مَـقَـام رُؤُوس الـشُّـهَـدَاء|lit=burial place of head of the martyrs), also known as Ganj-e-sarha-e-shuhada’-e-Karbala, or Raous al-Shuhada, the former burial place of the heads of the casualties in Husayn's army at Karbala.[2] Among them:
Tomb of Muawiya I
Mosque and tomb of Umm Kulthum
Tomb of Bilal
The following tombs are also found within this cemetery,[2] however these are empty graves (cenotaphs) created for the purpose of ziyārah (Arabic: زِيَـارَة), with the actual graves being at Jannaṫul-Baqī‘ (Classical Arabic: جَـنَّـةُ الْـبَـقِـيـع), in Medinah, Saudi Arabia:
In addition, the area has the well from which the Fourth Shi'ite Imam, Ali Zayn al-Abidin used to perform wuḍú’ (Arabic: وُضُـوء).