Places
Search sacred sites, historic landmarks, schools, bookstores, and resting places across Syria.
39 places
Shrine of al-Husayn ibn Ali
مشهد الحسين بن علي
Shrine within the Umayyad Mosque precinct marking where the head of al-Husayn, the Prophet's grandson martyred at Karbala in 680, was displayed and kept.
Tomb of Abd al-Fattah al-Saydawi
قبر عبد الفتاح الصيداوي
Tomb of Abd al-Fattah al-Saydawi, Damascene Qur'an master whose chains of recitation are still transmitted in the city.
Tomb of Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi
قبر عبد الغني النابلسي
Tomb of Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (1641–1731), prolific Damascene polymath — Sufi, poet, jurist, and traveller — who wrote over 200 works on everything from mysticism to agriculture and dream interpretation.
Tomb of Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi
قبر عبد الرزاق الحلبي
Tomb of Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi (1925–2012), shaykh of the Umayyad Mosque and dean of the Hanafi jurists of Damascus in his time.
Tomb of Abu Shama al-Maqdisi
قبر أبي شامة المقدسي
Tomb of Abu Shama (1203–1268), Damascene historian and Qur'an scholar whose 'Book of the Two Gardens' chronicled the reigns of Nur al-Din and Saladin. He was murdered in his home in al-Salihiyya.
Tomb of Ahmad Nasib al-Mahamid
قبر أحمد نصيب المحاميد
Tomb of Ahmad Nasib al-Mahamid, shaykh of the Rifa'i line in Damascus and teacher of Qur'anic recitation.
Tomb of al-Zahir Baybars
قبر الظاهر بيبرس
Tomb of al-Zahir Baybars (1223–1277), the Kipchak slave who became Mamluk sultan, crushed the Mongols at Ayn Jalut, and broke the Crusader strongholds; buried in the Zahiriyya Library's domed hall.
Tomb of an Algerian Emir
قبر أمير جزائري
Grave of one of the Algerian emirs who followed Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri into Damascene exile after the French conquest of Algeria.
Tomb of Emir Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri
قبر الأمير عبد القادر الجزائري
Original burial place of Emir Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri (1808–1883), hero of the Algerian resistance against France, Sufi philosopher, and protector of thousands of Christians in the 1860 Damascus riots. His remains were moved to Algiers in 1966.
Tomb of Husayn Sa'biyya
قبر حسين صعبية
Tomb of the Damascene shaykh Husayn Sa'biyya, a local teacher of the religious sciences.
Tomb of Ibn Asrun
قبر ابن عصرون
Tomb of Ibn Abi Asrun (d. 1189), Shafi'i chief judge of Damascus under Saladin and author of influential legal works, buried in the madrasa he founded.
Tomb of Ibn Malik
قبر ابن مالك
Tomb of Ibn Malik (d. 1274), the Andalusian-born grammarian whose thousand-verse 'Alfiyya' remains the most memorised Arabic grammar text ever written; he taught at the Adiliyya until his death.
Tomb of Isa al-Kurdi
قبر عيسى الكردي
Tomb of Isa al-Kurdi (1831–1912), Kurdish-born scholar and Sufi who settled in Damascus and trained a generation of the city's shaykhs.
Tomb of Khalid al-Naqshbandi
قبر خالد النقشبندي
Tomb of Khalid al-Baghdadi al-Naqshbandi (1779–1827), Kurdish Sufi master who renewed the Naqshbandi order across the Ottoman world; his Khalidiyya branch reached from the Balkans to Sumatra. He died in Damascus of the plague.
Tomb of Mahmud al-Rankusi
قبر محمود الرنكوسي
Tomb of Mahmud al-Rankusi, Kurdish-born shaykh of the Naqshbandi order who taught on the slopes of Qasioun.
Tomb of Mu'adh ibn Jabal
قبر الصحابي معاذ بن جبل
Shrine of Mu'adh ibn Jabal (d. 639), the young Ansari companion the Prophet sent to teach in Yemen, praised as 'the most knowledgeable of my community in what is lawful and forbidden'.
Tomb of Muhammad Abu al-Khayr al-Maydani
قبر محمد أبي الخير الميداني
Tomb of Muhammad Abu al-Khayr al-Maydani (d. 1961), shaykh of the Maydan quarter and mufti of the Hanafis in Damascus.
Tomb of Muhammad Adil Khurshid
قبر محمد عادل خورشيد
Tomb of Muhammad Adil Khurshid, an Ottoman-descended Damascene scholar and preacher.
Tomb of Muhammad al-Hashimi
قبر محمد الهاشمي
Tomb of Muhammad al-Hashimi (1881–1961), Algerian-born Shadhili master exiled to Damascus, where he became the order's foremost guide in the Levant and teacher of many of its modern shaykhs.
Tomb of Muhammad Amin al-Kharbutli
قبر محمد أمين الخربطلي
Tomb of Muhammad Amin al-Kharbutli, an Anatolian-born scholar of Kharput who taught and died in Damascus.
Tomb of Muhammad Amin al-Zamalkani
قبر محمد أمين الزملكاني
Tomb of Muhammad Amin al-Zamalkani, Damascene scholar of the Zamalka family remembered for teaching jurisprudence in the Umayyad Mosque.
Tomb of Muhammad Hisham al-Burhani
قبر محمد هشام البرهاني
Tomb of Muhammad Hisham al-Burhani (1932–2014), scholar of the Umayyad Mosque and professor of Islamic law at Damascus University.
Tomb of Muhammad Jamil al-Shatti
قبر محمد جميل الشطي
Tomb of Muhammad Jamil al-Shatti (1882–1959), last of the great Hanbali muftis of Damascus and historian of the Hanbali school.
Tomb of Muhammad Lutfi al-Fayyumi
قبر محمد لطفي الفيومي
Tomb of Muhammad Lutfi al-Fayyumi, Egyptian-descended Damascene scholar of jurisprudence and Arabic.
Tomb of Muhammad Lutfi Shukri
قبر محمد لطفي شكري
Tomb of the Damascene shaykh Muhammad Lutfi Shukri, remembered as a preacher and teacher of the Qur'an.
Tomb of Muhammad Sa'id al-Burhani
قبر محمد سعيد البرهاني
Tomb of Muhammad Sa'id al-Burhani (1894–1967), Daghestani-descended shaykh who taught for decades at the Tawba Mosque and guided the Naqshbandi path in Damascus.
Tomb of Muhammad Sa'id al-Halwani
قبر محمد سعيد الحلواني
Tomb of Muhammad Sa'id al-Halwani, head of a Damascene family of Qur'an reciters who preserved the city's readings through the late Ottoman era.
Tomb of Muhammad Salih al-Hamawi
قبر محمد صالح الحموي
Tomb of Muhammad Salih al-Hamawi, Hama-born shaykh who settled in Damascus as a teacher of the religious sciences.
Tomb of Muhammad Sukkar
قبر محمد سكر
Tomb of the Damascene shaykh Muhammad Sukkar, a 20th-century teacher of Shafi'i law and spiritual guide in the old city.
Tomb of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
قبر محيي الدين ابن العربي
Tomb of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi (1165–1240), 'al-Shaykh al-Akbar' — the Andalusian mystic-philosopher whose doctrine of the unity of being shaped Sufism from Morocco to Java. He spent his final years in Damascus.
Tomb of Munir al-Kasm
قبر منير الكسم
Tomb of Munir al-Kasm, 20th-century Damascene scholar and imam from a family of jurists.
Tomb of Nur al-Din al-Zanki
قبر نور الدين الزنكي الشهيد
Tomb of Nur al-Din al-Zanki (1118–1174), the just sultan who unified Syria against the Crusaders, patron of schools and hospitals, and mentor of Saladin. His madrasa-tomb has a celebrated muqarnas dome.
Tomb of Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist)
قبر نبي الله يحيى
Shrine within the Umayyad Mosque said to hold the head of Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist).
Tomb of Ruqayya bint al-Husayn
قبر رقية بنت الحسين
Shrine of the infant Ruqayya, daughter of al-Husayn ibn Ali, said to have died in Yazid's prison after Karbala; rebuilt in the 1980s in Persian style with mirror-work and blue tile.
Tomb of Salim al-Masuti
قبر سليم المسوتي
Tomb of Salim al-Masuti (d. 1888), Damascene Hanafi jurist and Sufi remembered for his asceticism.
Tomb of Shaykh Mujahid
قبر الشيخ مجاهد
Grave of a local saint remembered as Shaykh Mujahid, a place of quiet visitation in the old city.
Tomb of Sukayna bint al-Husayn
قبر سكينة بنت الحسين
Shrine attributed to Sukayna bint al-Husayn, granddaughter of Ali famed in early Islam for her wit, beauty, and patronage of poets.
Tombs of Abd al-Wahhab & Abd al-Rahim Dibs wa Zayt
قبر عبد الوهاب وعبد الرحيم دبس وزيت
Tombs of the brothers Abd al-Wahhab and Abd al-Rahim Dibs wa Zayt, Damascene Qur'an masters whose family name — 'molasses and oil' — recalls their ancestor's trade.
Tombs of the Ottoman Sultans
قبور السلاطين العثمانيين
Funerary enclosure holding the graves of the exiled Ottoman sultans Mehmed VI Vahideddin's household and other members of the imperial family who died in Damascus after 1924.