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Also known as: Al-Madīnah, Al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, Al-Madina, Madīnat Rasūl Allāh, Yathrib
Written by
John Bagot Glubb
Lieutenant General; Chief of General Staff, The Arab Legion, Amman, Jordan, 1939–56. Author of War in the Desert and others.
John Bagot Glubb,
Assʿad Sulaiman Abdo
Professor and Chairman, Department of Geography, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. President, Saudi Geographical Society. Author of Land and Air Transport in Saudi Arabia and others.
Assʿad Sulaiman Abdo•All
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Arabic:
Al-Madīnah
Formally:
Al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah (“The Luminous City”) or Madīnat Rasūl Allāh (“City of the Messenger of God [i.e., Muhammad]”)
Ancient:
Yathrib
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Medina, city located in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, about 100 miles (160 km) inland from the Red Sea and 275 miles (445 km) from Mecca by road. It is the second holiest city in Islam, after Mecca. Medina is celebrated as the place from which Muhammad established the Muslim community (ummah) after his flight from Mecca (622 ce) and is where his body is entombed. A pilgrimage is made to his tomb in the city’s chief mosque. Pop. (2022) 1,411,599. Medina lies 2,050 feet (625 meters) above sea level on a fertile oasis. It is bounded on ...(100 of 1672 words)

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