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Makkah Al Mukarramah Library (Arabic: مَكْتَبَة مَكَّة ٱلْمُكَرَّمَة , romanized: Maktabah Makkah Al-Mukarramah) [3] [4] is a library near the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Makkah is the official transliteration used by the Saudi government and is closer to the Arabic pronunciation. [31] [32] The government adopted Makkah as the official spelling in the 1980s, but it is not universally known or used worldwide. [31] The full official name is Makkah al-Mukarramah (Arabic: مكة المكرمة, lit. 'Makkah the ...
Endowed libraries, especially those in the Two Holy Mosques in Makkah and Al-Madinah, are among the oldest and the most important in the Kingdom. The provenance of the Great Mosque of Makkah library for example, dates back to 161 AH. It acquired the name "Library of Al Masjid Al Haram" during the reign of King Abdulaziz. [2]
Mecca Declaration (or Makkah al-Mukarramah Declaration) may refer to: The Mecca Declaration of 1981 of the Third Islamic Summit Conference; The Mecca Declaration of 2005 of the Third Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference; The Mecca Declaration of 2006, demanding an end to sectarian feuds in Iraq
Manā'iḥ al-karam fī akhbār Makkah wa'l-Bayt wa-wulāt al-Ḥaram منائح الكرم في أخبار مكة والبيت وولاة الحرم (in Arabic). Vol. 4 (1st ed.). Makkah: Jāmi‘at Umm al-Qurá. al-‘Aṣimī, ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Ḥusayn (1998) [Composed before 1700].
Masjid al-Haram (Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام , romanized: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [6] [7] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of ...
The Mecca region has 17 governorates, of which 5, Jeddah, Rabigh, Ta'if, Qunfudhah, and Laith, have been classified Category A, while the rest are Category B. The City of Mecca (Arabic: أمانة مكة) constitutes Mecca and the area surrounding the city and is the administrative center and capital of the province.
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