Al-Qasim, formerly known as "Sura" in Aramaic, is a city in Babil Governorate, Iraq. It is located 115 kilometres south of Baghdad. Al-Qasim is named after al-Qasim ibn Musa al-Kadhim, whose tomb in the Imam Qasim Shrine is located here. Al-Qasim subdistrict is about 528 square kilometres.