Medina

E28127

city holy city

Medina is a holy city in western Saudi Arabia that is revered in Islam as the site of the Prophet Muhammad’s mosque and tomb and the second-holiest city after Mecca.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Medina canonical	336
المدينة المنورة	4
Madinah	3
Al Madinah	1
Al Madinah al-Munawwarah	1
Madinan	1
Medina (early Rashidun period)	1
Medina (traditional attribution, not certain)	1
Medina city center	1
Medina metropolitan area	1
Medina plain	1
Medina, Hejaz	1
Muslim community of Medina	1
Quba area of Medina	1
Riyad al-Jannah	1
Yathrib (pre-Islamic name of Medina)	1
al-Madinah al-Munawwarah	1
al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah	1
holy city of Medina	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ holy city ⓘ
accessRestriction	central sacred area restricted to Muslims ⓘ
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
contains	Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ Green Dome ⓘ Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ surface form: Prophet's Mosque Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ surface form: tomb of Prophet Muhammad tombs of Abu Bakr and Umar ⓘ
country	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
distanceFromMeccaApprox	about 400 km ⓘ
englishNameVariant	Medina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Al Madinah Medina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Al Madinah al-Munawwarah
governingCountryCapital	Riyadh ⓘ
governorate	Al Madinah Province ⓘ surface form: Al Madinah Region
hasArabicName	Medina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: المدينة المنورة
hasCemetery	Jannat al-Baqi cemetery ⓘ surface form: Jannat al-Baqi
hasHistoricalSite	Battle of Uhud site ⓘ Battle of the Trench site ⓘ
hasMajorMosque	Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ Masjid al-Qiblatayn ⓘ surface form: Masjid al-Qiblatain Quba Mosque ⓘ
hasMeaning	The Enlightened City ⓘ Radiant City ⓘ surface form: The Radiant City
hasPilgrimageStatus	major destination for Umrah pilgrims ⓘ visited by Hajj pilgrims ⓘ
hasRailConnection	Haramain high-speed railway ⓘ surface form: Haramain High Speed Railway
hasTransport	Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus	Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ surface form: Al-Masjid an-Nabawi is part of tentative heritage context
hijraYear	622 CE ⓘ
hijraYearInIslamicCalendar	1 AH ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Al Madinah Province ⓘ surface form: Al Madinah Region
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	Hejaz ⓘ Western Saudi Arabia ⓘ surface form: western Saudi Arabia
locatedOn	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
majorReligion	Islam ⓘ
nameChangedAfter	Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Hijra of Prophet Muhammad
populationCharacteristic	predominantly Muslim ⓘ
positionInIslam	second-holiest city after Mecca ⓘ
religiousSignificance	Islam ⓘ
roleInIslamicHistory	base of Prophet Muhammad after Hijra ⓘ destination of the Hijra from Mecca ⓘ first capital of the early Muslim community ⓘ site of the Constitution of Medina ⓘ
shortArabicName	المدينة ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+3 ⓘ
wasCalled	Yathrib ⓘ

Referenced by (359)

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

Muhammad → deathPlace → Medina ⓘ

Muhammad → laterCitizenship → Medina ⓘ

Muhammad → migratedTo → Medina ⓘ

Muhammad → associatedWithCity → Medina ⓘ

Muhammad → restingPlaceCity → Medina ⓘ

Arabs → notableHistoricalCenter → Medina ⓘ

Arabian Peninsula → majorCityOn → Medina ⓘ

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi → locatedIn → Medina ⓘ

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi → city → Medina ⓘ

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi → contains → Medina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Riyad al-Jannah

Saudi Arabia → hasHolyCity → Medina ⓘ

Saudi Arabia → majorCity → Medina ⓘ

Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Medina ⓘ

Sunni Islam → holyCity → Medina ⓘ

Hijazi Arabic → spokenIn → Medina ⓘ

Hijazi Arabic → center → Medina ⓘ

Islamic Caliphates → capitalAtVariousTimes → Medina ⓘ

Selim I → broughtUnderControl → Medina ⓘ

Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah → associatedWith → Medina ⓘ

this entity surface form: holy city of Medina

Surah Al-Baqarah → placeOfRevelation → Medina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madinah

Caliph Abu Bakr → deathPlace → Medina ⓘ

subject surface form: Abu Bakr

Caliph Abu Bakr → burialPlace → Medina ⓘ

subject surface form: Abu Bakr

General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques → headquartersLocation → Medina ⓘ

Caliph Uthman ibn Affan → deathPlace → Medina ⓘ

subject surface form: Uthman ibn Affan

Caliph Uthman ibn Affan → burialPlace → Medina ⓘ

subject surface form: Uthman ibn Affan

Caliph Uthman ibn Affan → caliphateCapital → Medina ⓘ

subject surface form: Uthman ibn Affan

Battle of the Trench → locatedIn → Medina ⓘ

Maliki school → foundedInPlace → Medina ⓘ

Surah An-Nisa → placeOfRevelation → Medina ⓘ

Medina → hasArabicName → Medina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: المدينة المنورة

Medina → englishNameVariant → Medina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al Madinah

Medina → englishNameVariant → Medina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al Madinah al-Munawwarah

Conquest of Mecca → mainCombatant → Medina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muslim community of Medina

Surah Al-Ma'idah → placeOfRevelation → Medina ⓘ

Aisha bint Abi Bakr → deathPlace → Medina ⓘ

Aisha bint Abi Bakr → burialPlace → Medina ⓘ

Aisha bint Abi Bakr → residence → Medina ⓘ

Sawda bint Zamʿa → residence → Medina ⓘ

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → placeOfDeath → Medina ⓘ

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → burialPlace → Medina ⓘ

Hafsa bint Umar → deathPlace → Medina ⓘ

Umm Habiba → migratedTo → Medina ⓘ

Umm Habiba → performedHijra → Medina ⓘ

Umm Habiba → deathPlace → Medina ⓘ

Umm Habiba → burialPlace → Medina ⓘ

Surah Al-Anfal → placeOfRevelation → Medina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madinah

Zaynab bint Jahsh → migratedTo → Medina ⓘ

Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib → associatedWith → Medina ⓘ

Muslims → holyCity → Medina ⓘ

Safiyya bint Huyayy → associatedPlace → Medina ⓘ