Jāmi‘ Falasţīn

Jāmi‘ Falasţīn is a mosque in Damascus Governorate, Syria. Jāmi‘ Falasţīn is situated nearby to the town Babella, as well as near the village Beit Sahm.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cemetery Bab as-Saghir and Palestine Branch.

Cemetery Bab as-Saghir

Cemetery

Photo: Toushiro, Public domain.

Bab al-Saghir Cemetery is an Islamic cemetery in Damascus, Syria. It is about 200 meters to the southwest of the Bab al-Saghir gate. Cemetery Bab as-Saghir is situated 4 km north of Jāmi‘ Falasţīn.

Far' Falastine, also known as Branch 235, was a prison operated by Military Intelligence Directorate of Ba'athist Syria under the charge of Brig. Gen. Kamal Hassan between 2017 and 2020, located in Damascus, notorious for accounts of torture, coercive interrogation, and deplorable conditions related by its former detainees. Palestine Branch is situated 2½ km northeast of Jāmi‘ Falasţīn.

Naqshbandi Mosque

Mosque

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The Murad Pasha Mosque is an early Ottoman-era Sufi mosque and mausoleum in Damascus, Syria, located in the Suwayqa sector of the Al-Midan quarter. The mosque was erected and named after Murad Pasha, who served as the Ottoman governor of Damascus between 1568-1569. Naqshbandi Mosque is situated 4 km north of Jāmi‘ Falasţīn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Babella and Beit Sahm.