Jewish Quarter of Damascus

Jewish Quarter of Damascus
Harat al–Yahud
1855 map of the Old City of Damascus
1855 map of the Old City of Damascus
Country Syria
GovernorateDamascus Governorate
CityDamascus

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 [de] in the western half and the Christian Quarter of Damascus [de] (حارة النصارى, DMG Ḥārat an-Naṣārā) in the northeast of the Old City.