Masjid Aqsab | |
Native Name: | مسجد الأقصاب |
Settlement Type: | Neighborhood |
Pushpin Map: | Syria |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Syria |
Coordinates: | 33.5181°N 36.3114°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Damascus Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name2: | Damascus |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Sarouja |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 14,148 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Masjid Aqsab (ar|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]