Mount Uhud

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landform mountain

Mount Uhud is a prominent mountain north of Medina in Saudi Arabia, historically significant as the site of the Battle of Uhud in early Islamic history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Jabal Uhud	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landform ⓘ mountain ⓘ
accessibility	reachable by road from Medina ⓘ
associatedWith	Companions of the Prophet ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
battleDate	3 AH ⓘ 625 CE ⓘ
battleOpponents	Muslims ⓘ surface form: Muslims of Medina Quraysh ⓘ surface form: Quraysh of Mecca
climateZone	arid desert climate ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
directionFromMedina	north ⓘ
distanceFromMedinaCenterApprox	about 5 kilometers ⓘ
etymology	name means "one" or "single" in Arabic ⓘ
eventLocation	Battle of Uhud ⓘ
geologicalType	rocky mountain ⓘ
governorate	Medina Governorate ⓘ
hasCemeteries	Graves of Uhud martyrs ⓘ
hasFeature	Uhud Martyrs Cemetery ⓘ archery hill site ⓘ
hasViewOf	Medina ⓘ surface form: Medina plain
heightApprox	about 1,050 meters ⓘ about 3,445 feet ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Uhud ⓘ
languageNameArabic	جبل أحد ⓘ
locatedIn	Al Madinah Province ⓘ surface form: Medina Province
locatedNear	Medina ⓘ
modernUse	educational excursions ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
nearbyMosque	Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ surface form: Masjid al-Nabawi
notableMartyrBuried	Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib ⓘ Musab ibn Umayr ⓘ
partOf	Hejaz ⓘ surface form: Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia
pilgrimageType	ziyara site ⓘ
range	Hijaz Mountains ⓘ
region	Hejaz ⓘ
religionSignificance	Islam ⓘ
religiousStatus	respected site in Islamic tradition ⓘ
significanceInSira	major battlefield in prophetic biography ⓘ
tourismAttraction	Islamic historical tourism site ⓘ
transliterationArabic	Mount Uhud self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jabal Uhud
visitedBy	Muslim pilgrims ⓘ
visitedDuring	Hajj season ⓘ Umrah ⓘ surface form: Umrah trips

Referenced by (5)

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

Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib → associatedWith → Mount Uhud ⓘ

Al Madinah Province → containsMountain → Mount Uhud ⓘ

Battle of Uhud → location → Mount Uhud ⓘ

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi → near → Mount Uhud ⓘ

Mount Uhud → transliterationArabic → Mount Uhud self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jabal Uhud