Urban Places and Buildings in the Sharaf Al-Qebly District in Damascus Between 500-922 AH / 1106-1516 AD

Abstract

Damascus has witnessed since the sixth century AH / twelfth century AD a broad urban renaissance inside and outside the city walls, and one of the manifestations of this revival was the emergence of residential suburbs to the north and west of the city, and the Alsharaf Al-Qebly region was one of the areas on which many found Among the residential neighborhoods, schools, mosques, and a number of social and economic institutions. The history of the oldest establishments in the Alsharaf Al-Qebly region dates back to the era of the Bouri Dynasty, and the rule of Sultan Nour Al-Din Zangi. Then the urban movement flourished during the era of the Ayyubids and Mamluks.

And the most important construction in this region: the Sufi cemetery, The Al-Khatuniya School, the Al-Ablke palace, the Tinkz Mosque ... and others, but all the buildings and urban structures have gradually disappeared since the Ottoman control over the Levant until the mid-fourteenth century AH / mid-twentieth century AD.