The Ḥarrat al-Shām (Arabic: حَرَّة ٱلشَّام), also known as the Harrat al-Harra or Harrat al-Shaba, and colloquially as the Black Desert in English, is...
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Jeddah (redirect from Hayy al Hamdaniyah)
14 Al-Harazat Um As-Salam Mokhtat Zahrat Ash-Shamal Al-Majid Gowieza Al-Gozain Al-Kuwait Al-Mahrogat Al-Masfa Al-Matar Al-Gadeem (old airport) Al-Bokhariya...
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Jabal al-Nour (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلنُّوْر, romanized: Jabal an-Nūr, lit. 'Mountain of the Light' or 'Hill of the Illumination') is a mountain near Mecca in...
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Ḥarrat al-Birk (Arabic: حَرَّة ٱلْبِرْك) is an ancient lava field located along Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastline. Saudi Arabia portal 'Asir Region List...
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lies within the northern part of the massive alkaline Harrat al-Sham (also known as Harrat al-Shaam) volcanic field that extends from southern Syria...
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Arabian Peninsula (redirect from Šibh al-jazīrat al-ʻarabīya)
the Arabs' – Bilad al-'Arab (Arabia), and its major divisions were the bilad al-Sham (Levant), bilad al-Yaman (Yemen), and Bilad al-'Iraq (Iraq). The Ottomans...
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with Jordan and Iraq, and protects a portion of the stony basaltic Harrat al-Sham desert. The reserve includes rough terrain of black basaltic boulders...
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Ḥarrat Khaybar (Arabic: حَرَّة خَيْبَر) is a volcanic field located north of Medina in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. It covers an area approximately 12,000 km2...
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Jabal Shams or Jebel Shams (Arabic: جَبَل شَمْس, lit. 'Mountain of Sun') is a mountain located in northeastern Oman north of the town of Al-Hamra. It...
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Ḥarrat Rahāṭ (Arabic: حَرَّة رَهَاط) is a volcanic lava field in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. In 1256 CE, a 0.5 km3 (0.12 cu mi) lava flow erupted...
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western edge of the Harrat Kishb basalt plateau in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia (lat. 22.90632, lon. 41.13849). The Harrat Kishb plateau contains...
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Ḥarrat Kishb (Arabic: حَرَّة كِشْب) is a lava field 5,892 km2 in area, located in western Saudi Arabia. It is near the Al Wahbah Crater. Saudi Arabia...
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Musandam Peninsula (redirect from Ru'us al-Jibal)
Musandam / Raʾs Musandam), locally known as Ruus Al Jibal (Arabic: رُؤُوْس ٱلْجِبَال, romanized: Ruʾūs al-Jibāl Capes of the Mountains), is a peninsula that...
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Safa and Marwa (redirect from Al-Safa and Al-Marwah)
Qaiqan mountains, respectively, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, now made part of Al-Masjid al-Haram. Muslims travel back and forth between them seven times in what...
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Midian (redirect from As-hab al-Aykah)
Al-Qasas (The Stories), verses 20–28, of the Quran as the place where Moses escaped upon learning of the chiefs conspiring to kill him. Surah 9 (Al-Tawbah)...
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Ḥarrat Lunayyir (Arabic: حَرَّة لُنَيِّر) is a lava field in northwestern Saudi Arabia. In 2009 there were swarms of small earthquakes in the area; 2289...
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Hajar Mountains (redirect from Al Hajar al Gharbi Mountains)
east coast of Oman. The range is about 100 km (62 mi) wide, with Jabal Shams being the highest peak at 3,009 m (9,872 ft) in the central region of the...
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Harrah, Oklahoma, US Harrah, Washington, US Harrah, Yemen Harrah, or Harrat al-Sham, a region of rocky, basaltic desert straddling parts of Syria, Jordan...
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Jordan and southern Syria. It originates in the Jabal al-Druze and flows south through the harrat al-Sham into the Azraq oasis. One of the major watercourses...
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have been discovered and studied. Oman portal Nakhal Al-Hamra Samail www.peakbagger.com - Jebel Shams, Oman https://www.agda.ae/en/catalogue/tna/air/5/1284/n/39...
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Christopher; Lokorodi, Sammy; Wright, James D.; Mortlock, Richard A.; et al. (May 2015). "3.3 million-year-old stone tools from Lomekwi 3, West Turkana...
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Islamic prophet Muhammad stood and delivered the Farewell Sermon (Khuṭbat al-Wadāʿ) to his companions (Ṣaḥābah) who had accompanied him for the Hajj towards...
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Jabal Thawr (redirect from Jabal al-Thawr)
that Muhammad stayed here as a refugee with his companion Abu Bakr. Celebrating Makkah al-Mukarramah as a capital of Islamic culture for 2005 v t e v t e...
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Jabal al-Lawz (Arabic: جَبَل ٱللَّوْز) is a mountain located in northwest Saudi Arabia, near the Jordanian border, above the Gulf of Aqaba at 2,580 metres...
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Al-Qarah Mountain or Jabal Al-Qārah (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة), also known as "Al-Shabaab Mountain", is a mesa of 75 metres (246 feet) in Al-Ahsa, in the...
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Sarawat Mountains (redirect from Al-Sarat Mountains)
Yemen and Saudi Arabia. A terraced side of one of the Haraz Mountains in Al Mahwit Governorate, near Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb, the highest peak in the Arabian...
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war veteran Khalid ibn al-Walid, which brought chaos to the Muslim ranks. Many Muslims were killed, including Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, Muhammad's uncle...
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Dhofar Mountains (redirect from Al-Qarah Mountain)
The Dhofar Mountains consist of three subranges: Jabal al-Qarā (Arabic: جبل القرا), Jabal al-Qamar (Arabic: جبل القمر) and Jabal Samḥān (Arabic: جبل...
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Saudi Arabia, with an elevation of 3,015 metres (9,892 ft). The village of Al Souda is located nearby. The town is a tourist centre and has a cable car...
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117.661.767.839. Volume IV: pages 434.439,.468.556.626 al-Hamawi, Yaqut (1994). Kitab muʻjam al-buldān. Tehran: Frankfurt am Main : Institute for the History...
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