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Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province (formerly known as Yathrib) in the Hejaz region of western Saudi ...
Yathrib (Arabic: ناحية يثرب. ), also transliterated Yethrib is a city in the Salah ad Din Governorate , [ 1 ] Iraq , 45 kilometres (28 mi) [ 2 ] directly north of the national capital, Baghdad .
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Extant sources provide no conclusive evidence whether the Banu Qurayza were ethnically Israelite or Arab converts to Judaism. [2] Just like the other Jews of Yathrib, the Qurayza claimed to be of Israelite descent [4] and observed the commandments of Judaism, but adopted many Arab customs and intermarried with Arabs. [2]
Muṭṭalib then pointed out that the possibilities Yathrib had to offer were incomparable to Mecca. Salmah was impressed with his arguments, so she agreed to let him go. Upon first arriving in Mecca, the people assumed the unknown child was Muttalib's servant and started calling him ' Abd al-Muttalib ("servant of Muttalib").
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In a new court filing, federal prosecutors allege the suspect who took a hostage and got into a shootout with Yellowstone National Park rangers in July ranted that he "refuse[s] to fraternize with ...