In southwestern Syria, Damascus is the center of a large metropolitan area.
In an act of respect for the previous Umayyad rulers, he erected a shrine on the site of Mu'awiya's grave in the city.
Duqaq seemed to have been content with Crusader rule as a buffer between his dominion and the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt.
Al-Marjeh soon became the name of what was initially the central square of modern Damascus, with the city hall in it.