List of Figures Buried in Bab al-Saghir cemetery
The List of Figures Buried in Bab al-Saghir cemetery refers to the famous people who are buried in Bab al-Saghir cemetery, one of the important and old cemeteries of Damascus. This cemetery is the burial place of some children of Shiite Imams, Companions and Followers, and there is also a shrine where the heads of 16 martyrs of Karbala are buried.[1]
Buried Fifures
The list of those buried in Bab al-Saghir is as follows:[2]
| Children of Imams | Companions | Women of Bani Hashim and those related to the Prophet's family | Famous kings of Damascus | Tabi'un | Famous scholars and ascetics of Damascus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sukayna bt. al-Imam al-Husayn (a) | The grave attributed to Bilal al-Habashi | Hamida bt. Muslim b. Aqil | Mu'awiya b. Abi Sufyan | Uways al-Qarani | Shams al-Din Dhahabi |
| Umm Kulthum bt. al-Imam Ali (a) | The grave attributed to Abd Allah b. Maktum | Fidda the housemaid of Fatima al-Zahra (a) | Mu'awiya b. Yazid | Ibn Hisham Nahwi | |
| The grave attributed to Fatima bt. al-Imam al-Husayn (a) | The grave attributed to Abd Allah b. Ja'far b. Abi Talib | Asma' bt. Umays | Salah al-Din Ayyubi | Ibn Rajab Hanbali | |
| Abd Allah al-Aftah | Sahl b. Rabi' al-Ansari | Maymuna bt. Imam al-Hasan (a) | Malik 'Adil Ayyubi | Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya | |
| 'Abd Allah b. al-Imam Zayn al-'Abidin | Abu Darda' al-Ansari and Umm Darda' | The grave attributed to Umm Salama | Nur al-Din Mahmud Zangi Shahid | Ibn Tayymiyya | |
| Faddala b. 'Ubayd | the grave attributed to Umm Habiba | Walid b. 'Abd al-malik | Ibn 'Asakir | ||
| Aban b. 'Uthman b. 'Afan | Hafsa bt. Umar | Buhlul | |||
| Aws b. Abi Aws | Ibrahim Qunawi | ||||
| Wa'ila b. al-Asqa' | Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi |
Burial Place of the Heads of the Martyrs of Karbala
In Bab al-Saghir there is a burial place of the heads of sixteen Martyrs of Karbala as follows:
Children of Imam 'Ali (a)
Children of Imam al-Husayn (a)
Other Companions
See Also
Notes
- ↑ Ḥusaynī Jalālī, Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa tārīkhuhā, p. 226.
- ↑ Qāʾidān, Amākin-i sīyāhatī wa zīaratī-yi Damishq, Anhār electronic library; Khāmeh Yār, Ziyāratgāh-hā-yi Ahl-i Bayt wa asḥāb-i aʾimma (a) dar Surīya, p. 87- 126
- ↑ Ḥusaynī Jalālī, Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa tārīkhuhā, p. 226.
- ↑ Ḥusaynī Jalālī, Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa tārīkhuhā, p. 226.
- ↑ Ḥusaynī Jalālī, Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa tārīkhuhā, p. 226.
References
- Ḥusaynī Jalālī, Muḥammad Ḥusayn. Mazārāt Ahl al-Bayt wa tārīkhuhā. 3rd edition. Beirut: Muʾassisat al-Aʿlamī, 1415 AH.
- Khāmeh Yār, Aḥmad. Ziyāratgāh-hā-yi Ahl-i Bayt wa asḥāb-i aʾimma (a) dar Surīya. In Faṣlnāma-yi waqf mirāth-i jāwidān. no 76. Winter 1390 Sh.
- Qāʾidān, Aṣghar. Amākin-i sīyāhatī wa zīaratī-yi Damishq. Anhār electronic library.