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'''Al-Qassaa''' ({{ |
'''Al-Qassaa''' ({{langx|ar|القصاع}}; also spelled ''Qasa{{'}}'' or ''Qasa'ah'') is a neighborhood and district of the [[Sarouja]] municipality in [[Damascus]], [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-damascus-idUSBRE86H0BI20120718|title=Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace|author=Khaled Yacoub Oweis|date=18 July 2012|accessdate= 19 July 2012|agency=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref name="OCHA">{{cite web|title=Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map|url=http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/SYR_11102_Damascus_A1L_20150316_web.pdf|website=ReliefWeb|publisher=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|accessdate=2016-04-08|date=2015-03-16}}</ref> Qassaa is situated in the northeastern part of the city and borders the Old City neighborhood of [[Bab Tuma]]. It had a population of 11,467 in the 2004 census.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120801022816/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB01-1-2004.htm Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census].</ref> Al-Qassaa's inhabitants are predominantly upper class [[Christians|Christian]]s.<ref name="Salamandra37">{{cite book|last1=Salamandra|first1=Christa|title=A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria|date=2004|publisher=Indiana University Press|page=37|isbn=0253110416|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l6UKhO5KJO4C&pg=PA37}}</ref> |
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==Etymology== |
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Al-Qassaa was famous for the manufacture of clay [[porringer]]; from which it gained its name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esyria.sy/sites/code/index.php?site=damascus&p=stories&category=places&filename=201110162035021 |title="القصاع" عراقة المدينة القديمة بنفس معاصر |website=esyria.sy |language=Arabic |date=16 October 2011 }}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Al-Qassaa was founded in the early 20th century, during the last years of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule. The people who established the neighborhood were Christians from the Old City neighborhood of [[Bab Tuma]] who moved to al-Qassaa due to the increasingly difficult living conditions in Bab Tuma's ancient buildings and narrow alleys.<ref name="Khoury291">{{cite book|last1=Khoury|first1=Philip S.|title=Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945|date=1987|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=291}}</ref> The people of Bab Tuma felt secure enough to move into the unwalled suburbs of the Old City due to the increased protection established by the Ottomans in the aftermath of the [[1860 Mount Lebanon civil war|1860 massacre of Christians]] in Damascus.<ref name="Khoury291"/> Al-Qassaa was further developed during the [[French Mandate of Syria|French Mandatory]] period, being designed along the lines devised by French architect [[Michel Ecochard]].<ref name="Salamandra37"/> In the 1936 French Mandate census, al-Qassaa had a population 1,872, all Christians.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Khoury|first1=Philip S.|editor1-last=Hourani|editor1-first=Albert|title=The Modern Middle East|date=1993|publisher=University of California Press|page=433|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jn52P8VUSDUC&pg=PA433|chapter=Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate}}</ref> |
Al-Qassaa was founded in the early 20th century, during the last years of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] rule. The people who established the neighborhood were Christians from the Old City neighborhood of [[Bab Tuma]] who moved to al-Qassaa due to the increasingly difficult living conditions in Bab Tuma's ancient buildings and narrow alleys.<ref name="Khoury291">{{cite book|last1=Khoury|first1=Philip S.|title=Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945|date=1987|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=291}}</ref> The people of Bab Tuma felt secure enough to move into the unwalled suburbs of the Old City due to the increased protection established by the Ottomans in the aftermath of the [[1860 Mount Lebanon civil war|1860 massacre of Christians]] in Damascus.<ref name="Khoury291"/> Al-Qassaa was further developed during the [[French Mandate of Syria|French Mandatory]] period, being designed along the lines devised by French architect [[Michel Ecochard]].<ref name="Salamandra37"/> In the 1936 French Mandate census, al-Qassaa had a population 1,872, all Christians.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Khoury|first1=Philip S.|editor1-last=Hourani|editor1-first=Albert|title=The Modern Middle East|date=1993|publisher=University of California Press|page=433|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jn52P8VUSDUC&pg=PA433|chapter=Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate|isbn=9780520082410}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Municipalities of Damascus|sarouja}} |
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[[Category:Christian communities in Syria]] |
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[[Category:Neighborhoods of Damascus]] |
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Latest revision as of 00:49, 5 November 2024
Al-Qassaa
القصاع | |
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Neighborhood | |
  Al-Qassaa Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°31′7″N 36°18′57″E / 33.51861°N 36.31583°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Damascus Governorate |
| Subdistrict | Damascus |
| Municipality | Sarouja |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 21,731 |
Al-Qassaa (Arabic: القصاع; also spelled Qasa' or Qasa'ah) is a neighborhood and district of the Sarouja municipality in Damascus, Syria.[1][2] Qassaa is situated in the northeastern part of the city and borders the Old City neighborhood of Bab Tuma. It had a population of 11,467 in the 2004 census.[3] Al-Qassaa's inhabitants are predominantly upper class Christians.[4]
Etymology
[edit]Al-Qassaa was famous for the manufacture of clay porringer; from which it gained its name.[5]
History
[edit]Al-Qassaa was founded in the early 20th century, during the last years of Ottoman rule. The people who established the neighborhood were Christians from the Old City neighborhood of Bab Tuma who moved to al-Qassaa due to the increasingly difficult living conditions in Bab Tuma's ancient buildings and narrow alleys.[6] The people of Bab Tuma felt secure enough to move into the unwalled suburbs of the Old City due to the increased protection established by the Ottomans in the aftermath of the 1860 massacre of Christians in Damascus.[6] Al-Qassaa was further developed during the French Mandatory period, being designed along the lines devised by French architect Michel Ecochard.[4] In the 1936 French Mandate census, al-Qassaa had a population 1,872, all Christians.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Khaled Yacoub Oweis (18 July 2012). "Battles break out near Syrian presidential palace". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ^ "Syrian Arab Republic Damascus Governorate Reference map" (PDF). ReliefWeb. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 16 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ Damascus Governorate Population 2004 Census.
- ^ a b Salamandra, Christa (2004). A New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria. Indiana University Press. p. 37. ISBN 0253110416.
- ^ ""القصاع" عراقة المدينة القديمة بنفس معاصر". esyria.sy (in Arabic). 16 October 2011.
- ^ a b Khoury, Philip S. (1987). Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Princeton University Press. p. 291.
- ^ Khoury, Philip S. (1993). "Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate". In Hourani, Albert (ed.). The Modern Middle East. University of California Press. p. 433. ISBN 9780520082410.
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