Mecca and Medina

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Islamic holy site Islamic pilgrimage city migration mosque tomb

Mecca and Medina are Islam’s two holiest cities in present-day Saudi Arabia, central to the life of the Prophet Muhammad and major destinations for Muslim pilgrimage.

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Label Occurrences
Mecca and Medina canonical 2

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic holy site ⓘ
Islamic pilgrimage ⓘ
Islamic pilgrimage ⓘ
city ⓘ
city ⓘ
migration ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
tomb ⓘ
accessRestrictedTo Muslims ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
birthplaceOf Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
contains Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ
Kaaba ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ
surface form: Prophet’s Mosque

Prophet Muhammad’s tomb chamber ⓘ
surface form: Tomb of Muhammad
country Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
formerName Yathrib ⓘ
from Mecca ⓘ
governorate Al Madinah Province ⓘ
surface form: Al Madinah Region

Makkah Province ⓘ
surface form: Makkah Region
hasApproximatePopulation over 1 million ⓘ
over 1.5 million ⓘ
hasCoordinate 21.4225°N 39.8262°E ⓘ
24.5247°N 39.5692°E ⓘ
hasRole city of the Prophet ⓘ
holiest city in Islam ⓘ
second holiest city in Islam ⓘ
hasSacredStatus HaramSanctuary ⓘ
surface form: Haram

HaramSanctuary ⓘ
surface form: Haram
isDestinationOf Hajj ⓘ
Umrah ⓘ
locatedIn Hejaz ⓘ
Hejaz ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
Medina ⓘ
locatedOn Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
mentionedIn Quran ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
occupant Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
occursIn Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
participant Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Prophet Muhammad

early Muslims ⓘ
pilgrimageObligationFor able-bodied adult Muslims ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
startOf Hijri calendar ⓘ
surface form: Islamic calendar
timeZone Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
to Medina ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
wasCenterOf early Islamic preaching ⓘ
wasDestinationOf Hijra ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aminah bint Wahb → diedOnJourneyBetween → Mecca and Medina ⓘ
Ghadir Khumm → locatedBetween → Mecca and Medina ⓘ