Abu Nur
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Abu Nur is the name of a district (neighborhood) in Damascus
. Originally named after an officer under the command of Saladin
, it is also the birthplace of renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro
, who was buried there in 2004.
Damascus
Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major...
. Originally named after an officer under the command of Saladin
Saladin
Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb , better known in the Western world as Saladin, was an Arabized Kurdish Muslim, who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant...
, it is also the birthplace of renowned Islamic scholar Sheikh Ahmed Kuftaro
Ahmed Kuftaro
Ahmed Muhammad Amin Kuftaro was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest Sunni Muslim religious official in that nation.-Biography:...
, who was buried there in 2004.