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    Mount Qasioun (Arabic: جَبَل قَاسِيُون, romanized: Jabal Qāsiyūn) is a mountain overlooking the city of Damascus, Syria. It has a range of restaurants...
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  • in Damascus. It is located in the Ar Rabwah neighborhood, South of Mount Qasioun. The building covers 10,000 square meters (108,000 square feet). During...
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    105 km2 (41 sq mi), out of which 77 km2 (30 sq mi) is urban, while Jabal Qasioun occupies the rest. The old city of Damascus, enclosed by the city walls...
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    about 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) southeast of the Citadel, at the foot of Mount Qasioun. The quarter is famous as a resting place of venerated Islamic scholars...
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  • Abdul Qadir al-Jilani. He was the first person to establish a school on Mount Qasioun near Damascus. He died in 1203 CE (600 AH). He was a relative of Diya...
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    Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye, outside Afşin, Turkey Mar Musa, monastery in Syria Mount Qasioun, Damascus, Syria Cave of the Seven Sleepers, Al-Rajeb (Greater Amman)...
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    Shamil Abdullah Daghestani, spiritual guide of Shaykh Nazim; buried on Mount Qasioun, Damascus Avarian archeologist Dr. Murad Magomedov speaks about ancient...
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    observations of Sun, Moon and the planets, a second observatory on Mount Qasioun, near Damascus, was constructed. The results of this endeavor were compiled...
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    Gilani, promoted the Qadiriyya order) Abu Ishaq Shami (d. 940, buried on Mount Qasioun, founder of the Chishti Order) Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr (967–1049, buried...
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    is an oasis formed by the Barada River, as its waters flow east of Mount Qasioun, and its seven tributaries. It surrounds the city of Damascus. To the...
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  • village in the western outskirts of Damascus, on the lower slopes of Mount Qasioun, that had been a favored seasonal residence of the Umayyad and Abbasid...
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  • by supporters and the media as Nosour Qasioun, meaning The Eagles of Qasioun in reference to the Mount Qasioun, which stretch over the capital of Syria...
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    It is located in the west of the city, on Mount Mezzeh, north of Mezzeh neighborhood, next to Mount Qasioun and overlooks the city. The main building...
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    allowed Druze pilgrims to cross into Syria to visit the shrine of Abel on Mount Qasioun. Since 1967, Druze brides have been allowed to cross into Syria, although...
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    Hamdani Umayyad Mosque (Jaami al-Amawi), Damascus Salera Hill, Damascus Mount Qasioun, Damascus Abū ʿAbd Allāh Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ al-Ḥabashī, Damascus Umar bin...
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    of 107 km2, 79 km2 of which is urban while the rest is occupied by Mount Qasioun which overlooks the city. Damascus has a cold desert climate (BWk) in...
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  • geometer Al-Abbās ibn Said al-Jawharī to organize a new observatory on Mount Qasioun. Despite encountering technical difficulties caused by the distortion...
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    15- to 70-kilometer range were fired by the 4th Armored Division from Mount Qasioun. The agency did not explain its source. A report on the attacks by the...
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    and the Salhiyya districts located in the north-east of Damasacus on Mount Qasioun. The Kurdish community's role in the military continued under the Ottomans...
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  • southern Syria. It is west of the Syrian capital of Damascus city, beyond Mount Qasioun, and is now an outlying suburb of greater Damascus. It is between Qudsaya...
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  • Turdah mountains) Mount Ḥārim Mount Zāwiya Mount Alawites Mount Aqraʻ Turkmen Mountain Anti-Lebanon Mountains Mount Qasioun Mount Hermon Mountains in...
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  • Umayyad Square Yusuf al-Azma Square Nature Barada River Pharpar River Mount Qasioun Salera Hill Ghouta Sport Municipal districts Old Damascus Sarouja Qanawat...
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  • centre of Qudsaya District. The city is located on the western slope of Mount Qasioun, 7 km west of Damascus. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics...
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  • abandoned monastery Dayr Murran that was dedicated to Saint Theodore on Mount Qasioun which had a functioning Church adjacent to it. Rawḥ would regularly...
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    Role Shock troops Size 25,000 or 60,000 guardsmen (2017) Garrison/HQ Mount Qasioun, Damascus Tactical color marking Engagements Syrian Civil War Rif Dimashq...
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  • Beheld) Safar Dar Safar (Travels) Uhud se Qasiyoon Tak (From Uhud to Mount Qasioun) Michael Palin (born 1943) Around the World In 80 Days (1989) Sahara...
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    neighborhood in the central part of Damascus, Syria, on the slopes of Mount Qasioun. The name means 'the immigrants'. It contains Abu Rummaneh, Al-Haboubi...
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    states that the missiles were launched from a large military base on Mount Qasioun which is home to the Republican Guard 104th Brigade. Welat Memo, a physician...
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  • Retrieved 15 January 2011. ghossoun (25 November 2018). "Survey: Syria's Qasioun Eagles capable of reaching playoffs of 2019 AFC Asia Cup finals". Syrian...
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  • entertained by singers at the monastery of Deir Murran at the foot Mount Qasioun near Damascus. Al-Ghamr introduced to al-Walid the poet Muti ibn Iyas...
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