Masjid Aqsab
Neighborhood in Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
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Masjid Aqsab (Arabic: مسجد الأقصاب), also called Masjid al-Qasab, is a neighborhood and district of the Sarouja municipality of Damascus, Syria. It had a population of 14,148 in the 2004 census.[1] The neighborhood was founded during the Mamluk era (14th century) as a suburb of the walled city of Damascus, bordering the Bab al-Salam gate to the south and contiguous with the al-Faradis neighborhood to the west.[2] It was built around the Aqsab Mosque, after which the neighborhood was named. The mosque purportedly contained the graves of seven Sahaba (companions of Muhammad).[2] In the 1936 French Mandate census, the neighborhood had a population of 6,900, all Muslims.[3]
Masjid Aqsab
مسجد الأقصاب | |
|---|---|
Neighborhood | |
  Masjid Aqsab Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°31′5″N 36°18′41″E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
| Subdistrict | Damascus |
| Municipality | Sarouja |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 14,148 |
