Qaymariyya

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Al-Qaymariyya ({{langx|ar|القيمرية}}) is a quarter of the Old City of Damascus. It is located in the center of the Old City, bordering the eastern wall of the Umayyad Mosque.{{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|access-date=2016-04-08|date=2015-03-16}} It had a population of 4,034 in the 2004 census.[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].

Al-Qaymariyya was named after the Ayyubid-KurdishM. Holt, Mamluk-Frankish Diplomatic Relations in the Reign of Baybars (658-76/1260-78). Nottingham medieval studies, 1988.[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Mamluk-Frankish-Diplomatic-Relations-in-the-Reign-Holt/60ea958e0a3915a80288aa0b7e7b49d31eff7e51] emir Naser ad-Din al-Hussein bin Abdul Aziz al-Qaymari al-Kurdi who built "Al-Qaymariyya Grand School" there.{{cite web|url=https://www.medaratkurd.com/2017/11/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8E%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8F%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D8%A7/ |title=القبيلة القَيمُرية الكردية في إقليم الجزيرة ودورها في بلاد الشام ومصر خلال العصر الوسيط |website=medaratkurd.com |language=ar |date=1 November 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://esyria.sy/sites/code/index.php?site=damascus&p=stories&category=ruins&filename=201201220910011 |title="مدرسة القيمرية الكبرى".. قصر القطط الدمشقية |website=esyria.sy |language=ar |date=22 January 2012 }} In the late 19th century and early 20th century, al-Qaymariyya was a middle-class, residential neighborhood, primarily home to Damascus businessmen.{{cite book|last1=Faris|first1=Hani A.|editor1-last=Atiyeh|editor1-first=George N.|editor2-last=Oweiss|editor2-first=Ibrahim M.|title=Arab Civilization: Challenges and Responses|date=1988|publisher=State University of New York Press|page=2|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HcFbVUerh1oC&pg=PA2|chapter=Constantine K. Zurayk: Advocate of Rationalism in Modern Arab Thought|isbn=9780887066993 }} In the 1936 French Mandate census, Qaymariyya had a population of 5,817 Muslims and 241 Christians.{{cite journal|last1=Khoury|first1=Philip S.|title=Syrian Urban Politics in Transition: The Quarters of Damascus during the French Mandate|journal=International Journal of Middle East Studies|date=November 1984|volume=16|issue=4|page=510|url=http://politicsofsyria.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/2/13525224/syrian_urban_politics.pdf}}