Qadam ( ar, ٱلْقَدَم, al-Qadam) is a
municipality and a neighborhood in the southern part of
Damascus
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Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
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due west of
Yarmouk Camp.
History
Prior to its urbanization and integration into Damascus municipality al-Qadam was a village on the
Hajj
The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...
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
Islam
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ic prophet
Muhammad when he visited the city.
The stone had been relocated from Bosra to a mosque in al-Qadam.
Districts
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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
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Neighborhoods of Damascus