Jassem
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Jasim جاسم |
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| Town | |
 Jasim
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| Coordinates: 32°58′N 36°4′E / 32.967°N 36.067°E | |
| Grid position | 249/266 PAL |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Daraa Governorate |
| District | Izra' District |
| Nahiyah | Jasim |
| Occupation |
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| Elevation | 747 m (2,451 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 31,683 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
Jasim (Arabic: جاسم, also spelled Jassem or Qasim) is a small city in the Izra' District of the Daraa Governorate in southern Syria. It is located 41 kilometers north of Daraa and is near the towns of Nawa to the south, Kafr Shams to the north, Inkhil to the northeast and al-Harra to the northwest. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jasim had a population of 31,683.
During the Byzantine-era in Syria, Jasim was a seat of the Monophysite church in 570. It was controlled and populated by the Ghassanid Arabs, a vassal kingdom of the Byzantine Empire. There were five monasteries affiliated with the Monophysites located in the town. The Ghassanid king Nu'man was buried in between Jasim and nearby Tubna.
The 10th-century Arab historian al-Masudi wrote that Jasim belonged to Damascus and was located "between Damascus and the Jordan Province, in a district called al-Khaulan. Jasim is a few miles from al-Jabiya, and from the territory of Nawa, where is the Pasturage of Ayyub."
Jasim was visited by Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in the early 13th-century during Ayyubid rule. Al-Hamawi wrote that the place was named after "Jasim, son of Iram ibn Sam (Shem) ibn Nuh (Noah) who visited it at the time of the destruction of the Tower of Babel." He further noted that Jasim was a town in Damascus Province, "lying 8 leagues from Damascus, on the right of the high-road to Tabbariyah [Tiberias]."
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