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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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