Jewish Quarter of Damascus

The Jewish Quarter of Damascus (Arabic: حارة اليهود, DMG Ḥārat al-Yahūd) is the quarter in the southeastern part of the Old City of Damascus inhabited mainly by Jews until 1948. The other two quarters are the Muslim Quarter of Damascus in the western half and the Christian Quarter of Damascus (حارة النصارى, DMG Ḥārat an-Naṣārā) in the northeast of the Old City.

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