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The City & Timeline of Mecca Sharif

Arabic Makkah, ancient Bakkah, city, western Saudi Arabia, located in the Sirat Mountains, inland from the Red Sea coast is the holiest of Muslim cities

Mecca Sharif, Saudi Arabia

Coordinates: 21.422536, 39.826181

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Feast of Saint George

Shared by both Christians and muslims, this common ground is where both the communities pay their respects to the saint (muslims believe him to be Hz. Khizr عليه اسلام and christians believe him as St George)

Masjid al-Qal’a (Masjid Mehrab-e-Dawud)

Intended to serve the garrison of the Citadel, Masjid Mehrab-e-Dawud served as a Friday mosque, and was the only Friday mosque within the walls of the city other than al-Aqsa Mosque

Church of all Nations

Large rock on the ground in front of the altar representing the rock on which (acc. to christian sources) Hz. Isa عليه اسلام prayed in the garden on Holy Thursday

Holy Caves of Nazareth

Served as a hiding place for early Christians (and Jews) in times when these faiths were not very popular

Ain Maryam (Well of Bibi Maryam رضي الله عنها)

Located in the center of the downtown Nazareth, This was the place where according to the biblical tradition, Bibi Maryam رضي الله عنها mother of Hz. Isa عليه اسلام, was announced by the Hz. Jibrael عليه اسلام that she...

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