Qadam


Qadam is a municipality and a neighborhood in the southern part of Damascus, Syria, due west of Yarmouk Camp.

History

Prior to its urbanization and integration into Damascus municipality al-Qadam was a village on the Hajj caravan road called al-Qadam al-Sharif. It was named after a stone originally from Bosra where tradition holds an imprint was left of the foot of the Islamic prophet Muhammad when he visited the city. The stone had been relocated from Bosra to a mosque in al-Qadam.