Al-Kiswah
Al-Kiswah
الكسوة Kissoué Kiswe | |
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Markaz Rif Dimashq | |
| Subdistrict | al-Kiswah |
| Elevation | 720 m (2,360 ft) |
| Population (2004 census) | |
| • Total | 43,456 |
Al-Kiswah (
Damascus. It was the location of the 1303 Battle of Marj al-Saffar, and the childhood home of Adnan Awad
.
Administratively, Al-Kiswah belongs to
Markaz Rif Dimashq
district. It is one of the largest towns of the district by terms of population.
History
The name "al-Kiswah" means “the garment”.[1] According to a tradition related by Yaqut al-Hamawi, this is because the king of Rum sent some messengers to demand tribute from a figure named King Ghassan; he had the messengers killed and then, at the site of al-Kiswah, he had their garments divided up.[1]
Yaqut and
Abu'l-Fida similarly described al-Kiswah as a stopping place on the road south of Damascus and added that between the two places, the road went through a “beautiful pass” called the 'Aqabah ash-Shuhūrah.[1] He also wrote that it lay on a stream called the Nahr al-A'waj which flowed down from the “mountain of snow”, i.e. Mount Hermon.[1]
In 1838,
Sunni Muslim village.[2]
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Kiswe farms
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