Qadam
Qadam (Arabic: ٱلْقَدَم, romanized: al-Qadam) is a municipality and a neighborhood in the southern part of Damascus, Syria, 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). 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. The stone had been relocated from Bosra to a mosque in al-Qadam.
The area saw heavy fighting during the Syrian civil war, given the strategic importance of the Qadam train station.
Districts
- Al-Asali (pop. 21,731)
- 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Khaled Yacoub Oweis (2012-07-18). "Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war". AP News. 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-01-19.
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