Takiyya Sulaymaniyya

Damascus

The grave of Mehmed VI Vahideddin, the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He died in exile in 1926 and was buried in the cemetery of the Sulaymaniyya Takiyya in Damascus.

Damascus

A restaurant in the Hijaz district of Damascus, about 100 m from the Tekkiye Mosque. It stands on Muslim al-Baroudi Street and serves pizza.

Damascus

Syria's military museum, set up in part of the grounds of the Takiyya Sulaymaniyya by the Barada, showing weapons and military equipment from different periods. It stands next to the National Museum; check its opening times before visiting.

Damascus

A street and quarter in central Damascus near the Hejaz Railway Station, known for its bookshops, publishers and stalls of second-hand books. Students and readers come here looking for new and old titles.

Damascus

Syria's oldest and largest museum, founded in 1919, with its present building near the Takiyya Sulaymaniyya opened in 1936. Its entrance is the gateway of the Umayyad palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi, moved stone by stone from the desert, and its collections span Ugarit, Mari and Palmyra, together with the painted synagogue of Dura-Europos.

Damascus

A restaurant in the Haboubi district of Damascus, about 200 m from the Tekkiye Mosque. It stands on Shukri al-Quwatli Street.