Al-Kiswah, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
🇸🇾 Al-Kiswah (الكسوة Al Kiswah; Kissoué/Kiswe) is a city in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria. It is located approximately 13 km (8 miles) south of 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". 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.
Yaqut and Ibn Battuta both described al-Kiswah as the first stage on the hajj route out of Damascus. 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. 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. In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as a predominantly Sunni Muslim village.
Al-Kiswah, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
Al-Kiswah has a population of over 43,460 people. Al-Kiswah also forms one of the centres of the wider Markaz Rif Dimashq District which has a population of over 837,804 people. It is also a part of the larger Damascus area. Al-Kiswah is situated 18 km south-west of Damascus.
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🇺🇸 Ahwatukee Foothills 33.333
🇸🇾 Sayyidah Zaynab 36.333
Locations Near: Al-Kiswah 36.2333,33.35
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🇱🇧 Joub Jannine 35.783,33.633 d: 52.3
Antipodal to: Al-Kiswah -143.767,-33.35
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