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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 ...
The delegation from Medina pledged themselves and their fellow-citizens to accept Muhammad into their community and to protect him as one of own. [9] Muhammad instructed his followers to emigrate to Medina until virtually all of his followers had left Mecca. Being alarmed at the departure of Muslims, according to the tradition, the Meccans ...
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The first city converted to Islam and the base for Muhammad's conquest of Arabia, Medina was the first capital of the nascent caliphate. [1] Despite the attempt to return it to Medina during the Second Fitna (680–692), the political seat of the Muslim world quickly shifted permanently away from the Hejaz, first to Damascus under the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) and then to Baghdad under the ...
The Constitution of Medina (Arabic: وثيقة المدينة, romanized: Waṯīqat al-Madīna; or صحیفة المدينة, Ṣaḥīfat al-Madīna; also known as the Umma Document), [1] is a document dealing with tribal affairs during the Islamic prophet and later Statesman Muhammad's time in Medina [2] and formed the basis of a multi-religious state under his leadership.
Pages in category "History of Medina" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 2019 Medina bus ...
As'ad was the first chief in Medina to become a Muslim and he was said to be the first man buried at Al-Baqi'. Khunays ibn Hudhafa: He died at the beginning of twenty-five months after Muhammad emigrated to Medina. Uthman ibn Maz'un: He is the first Muhajir (immigrant to Medina) to be buried in the cemetery of al-Baqi' in Medina. Sa'd ibn Mu'adh
The siege of Medina lasted from 10 June 1916 to 10 January 1919, when Hejazi Arab rebels surrounded the Islamic holy city, which was then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire joined the war on the side of the Central Powers under the leadership of the Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed V .