Qadam (Arabic: ٱلْقَدَم, romanized: al-Qadam) is a municipality and a neighborhood in the southern part of Damascus, Syria,[2] due west of Yarmouk Camp.

History

Prior to its urbanization and integration into Damascus municipality al-Qadam was a village on the Hajj caravan road called al-Qadam al-Sharif (the Noble Foot).[3] It was named after a stone originally from Bosra where tradition holds an imprint was left of the foot of the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he visited the city.[3] The stone had been relocated from Bosra to a mosque in al-Qadam.[3]

Districts

  • Al-Asali (pop. 21,731)[1]
  • Dahadil (pop. 14,310)
  • Jouret al-Shreibati (8,836)
  • Al-Mustafa (pop. 9,218)
  • Al-Qadam (pop. 18,649)
  • Qadam Sharqi (pop. 4,022)
  • Al-Sayyidah Aisha (pop. 19,178)

References

  1. ^ a b "Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map" (PDF). ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  2. ^ Khaled Yacoub Oweis (2012-07-18). "Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
  3. ^ a b c Munayyir, Muhammad Arif ibn Ahmad (1971). Landau, Jacob M. (ed.). The Hejaz Railway and the Muslim Pilgrimage: A Case of Ottoman Political Propaganda. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814314227.