Rukn Eddine
Sign in to saveRukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or Rukn al-Din () is a municipality of Damascus, Syria. In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city.
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Rukneddine, Rukn ad-Din or Rukn al-Din () is a municipality of Damascus, Syria. In the CBS 2004 census, it had a population of 92,646. It is the historic Kurdish quarter of the city.
==Etymology== Originally named after Rukn al-Din Mankuris al-Faliki al-Aadili () who was a servant and companion of Falik al-Din Suleiman al-Aadili (), a half brother of al-Aadil Seif al-Din Abu Bakr Bin Ayoub () who succeeded his other sibling Saladin in rule. It is also the birthplace of the Mamluk-era Kurdish geographer Abulfeda.