Bab al-Saghir Cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة الباب الصغير, romanized: Maqbarat al-Bāb al-Ṣaghīr) is an Islamic cemeteryinDamascus, Syria. It is about 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate.[4][3]
| Maqbarat al-Bāb al-Ṣaghīr مقبرة الباب الصغير | |
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مَـقْـبَـرَة الْـبَـاب الـصَّـغِـيْـر
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From left to right, the graves of Maymunah (Umm Al-Hasan), Asma bint Umais, and Hamidah bint Muslim ibn Aqeel.
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| Established | Umayyad era[2] |
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| Country | Syria[1] |
| Coordinates | 33°30′22″N 36°18′23″E / 33.50611°N 36.30639°E / 33.50611; 36.30639[3] |
Stephanie Mulder in a book documenting and analyzing medieval Alid shrines in Syria points out that the "tomb [dedicated to Sukayna bint al-Husayn] in the Bab al-Saghir cemetery is consistently mentioned in medieval Arabic sources from the late twelfth century onwards, and the text-based findings relating to its location, original structure, phases of development and various patrons, afford well with the rich architectural evidence documented."[5][page range too broad] The place has notable Islamic interments.[1][6] The 20th century poet Nizar Qabbani is also buried here.
Maqam Ru'us Al-Shuhada
Maqam Ru'us ash-Shuhada’ (Arabic: مَـقَـام رُؤُوس الـشُّـهَـدَاء, lit. 'burial place of head of the martyrs'), also known as Ganj-e-sarha-e-shuhada’-e-Karbala, or Raous al-Shuhada, the former burial place of the heads of the casualties in Husayn's army at Karbala.[1] Among them:
Tomb of Muawiya I
Mosque and tomb of Umm Kulthum
Tomb of Bilal
The following tombs are also found within this cemetery,[1] however these are empty graves (cenotaphs) created for the purpose of ziyārah (Arabic: زِيَـارَة), with the actual graves being at Jannaṫul-Baqī‘ (Classical Arabic: جَـنَّـةُ الْـبَـقِـيـع), in Medinah, Saudi Arabia:
In addition, the area has the well from which the Fourth Shi'ite Imam, Ali Zayn al-Abidin used to perform wuḍú’ (Arabic: وُضُـوء).