Qaymariyya Explained
Al-Qaymariyya (Arabic: القيمرية) is a quarter of the Old City of Damascus. It is located in the center of the Old City, bordering the eastern wall of the Umayyad Mosque.[1] It had a population of 4,034 in the 2004 census.[2]
Al-Qaymariyya was named after the Ayyubid-Kurdish[3] emir Naser ad-Din al-Hussein bin Abdul Aziz al-Qaymari al-Kurdi who built "Al-Qaymariyya Grand School" there.[4] [5] In the late 19th century and early 20th century, al-Qaymariyya was a middle-class, residential neighborhood, primarily home to Damascus businessmen.[6] In the 1936 French Mandate census, Qaymariyya had a population of 5,817 Muslims and 241 Christians.[7]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map. ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2016-04-08. 2015-03-16.
- https://archive.today/20120801022816/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB01-1-2004.htm Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census
- M. Holt, Mamluk-Frankish Diplomatic Relations in the Reign of Baybars (658-76/1260-78). Nottingham medieval studies, 1988.https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Mamluk-Frankish-Diplomatic-Relations-in-the-Reign-Holt/60ea958e0a3915a80288aa0b7e7b49d31eff7e51
- Web site: القبيلة القَيمُرية الكردية في إقليم الجزيرة ودورها في بلاد الشام ومصر خلال العصر الوسيط . medaratkurd.com . ar . 1 November 2017 .
- Web site: "مدرسة القيمرية الكبرى".. قصر القطط الدمشقية . esyria.sy . ar . 22 January 2012 .
- Book: Faris. Hani A.. Atiyeh. George N.. Oweiss. Ibrahim M.. Arab Civilization: Challenges and Responses. 1988. State University of New York Press. 2. https://books.google.com/books?id=HcFbVUerh1oC&pg=PA2. Constantine K. Zurayk: Advocate of Rationalism in Modern Arab Thought. 9780887066993 .
- Khoury. Philip S.. Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate. International Journal of Middle East Studies. November 1984. 16. 4. 510.
