| Official Name: | Al-Kiswah |
| Other Name: | Kissoué Kiswe |
| Native Name: | الكسوة |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map: | Syria |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rif Dimashq |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Markaz Rif Dimashq |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name3: | al-Kiswah |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2004 census |
| Population Total: | 43,456 |
| Coordinates: | 33.35°N 50°W |
| Elevation M: | 720 |
Al-Kiswah (Arabic: الكسوة also spelled Kissoué/Kiswe) is a city in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. It is located approximately 8abbr=offNaNabbr=off south of Damascus. It was the location of the 1303 Battle of Marj al-Saffar, and the childhood home of Adnan Awad.
Administratively, Al-Kiswah belongs to Markaz Rif Dimashq district. It is one of the largest towns of the district by terms of population.
The name "al-Kiswah" means “the garment”.[1] According to a tradition related by Yaqut al-Hamawi, this is because the king of Rum sent some messengers to demand tribute from a figure named King Ghassan; he had the messengers killed and then, at the site of al-Kiswah, he had their garments divided up.[1]
Yaqut and Ibn Battuta both described al-Kiswah as the first stage on the hajj route out of Damascus.[1] Abu'l-Fida similarly described al-Kiswah as a stopping place on the road south of Damascus and added that between the two places, the road went through a “beautiful pass” called the 'Aqabah ash-Shuhūrah.[1] He also wrote that it lay on a stream called the Nahr al-A'waj which flowed down from the “mountain of snow”, i.e. Mount Hermon.[1]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a predominantly Sunni Muslim village.[2]