Hejaz

E43807

historical region region of Saudi Arabia

Hejaz is a historic western region of Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea coast, known as the birthplace of Islam and home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hejaz region	3
Hijaz	3
Hijaz region	2
Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia	1
Hejazi Arab	1
desert of Hijaz (Islamic tradition)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ region of Saudi Arabia ⓘ
becamePartOf	Saudi Arabia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
borders	Asir region ⓘ surface form: Asir Region Najd ⓘ Tihamah ⓘ
bordersBodyOfWater	Red Sea ⓘ
capitalHistorically	Mecca ⓘ
connectedTo	Damascus ⓘ Medina ⓘ
contains	Al Lith ⓘ Al Qunfudhah ⓘ Al Wajh ⓘ Jeddah ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ Yanbu ⓘ surface form: Rabigh Tabuk Region ⓘ surface form: Tabuk Taif ⓘ Umluj ⓘ Yanbu ⓘ
containsHolyCity	Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ
containsIslamicSite	Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ Jannat al-Baqi cemetery ⓘ surface form: Jannat al-Baqi Kaaba ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Mount Arafat ⓘ
country	Saudi Arabia ⓘ
hasClimate	arid ⓘ
hasMountainRange	Hijaz Mountains ⓘ surface form: Hejaz Mountains
hasTopography	coastal plain ⓘ mountainous interior ⓘ
historicalRoute	Hejaz Railway ⓘ
historicalState	Kingdom of Hejaz ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	western Saudi Arabia ⓘ
locatedOn	Red Sea coast ⓘ
majorPortCity	Jeddah ⓘ
partOf	Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
pilgrimageDestination	Hajj ⓘ Umrah ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousSignificance	birthplace of Islam ⓘ
underOttomanRuleFrom	16th century ⓘ
underOttomanRuleUntil	early 20th century ⓘ
wasAnnexedBy	Ibn Saud ⓘ Sultanate of Nejd ⓘ
yearBecamePartOfSaudiArabia	1932 ⓘ

Referenced by (81)

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

Tihamah → adjacentTo → Hejaz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hijaz region

Armistice of Mudros → allowedOccupationOf → Hejaz ⓘ

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques → associatedWithPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib → associatedWithPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan → birthPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Aisha bint Abi Bakr → birthPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Al-Walid I → birthPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Faisal I of Iraq → birthPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Fatimah bint Muhammad → birthPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Hasan ibn Ali → birthPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Husayn ibn Ali → birthPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Caliph Abu Bakr → birthRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

subject surface form: Abu Bakr

Ali ibn Abi Talib → birthRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Hafsa bint Umar → birthRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Ruqayyah bint Muhammad → birthRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad → birthRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Caliph Uthman ibn Affan → birthRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

subject surface form: Uthman ibn Affan

Najd → borders → Hejaz ⓘ

Muawiya I → bornInRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Selim I → conquered → Hejaz ⓘ

Arabian Peninsula → contains → Hejaz ⓘ

Western Saudi Arabia → containsRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Umayyad Caliphate → coreTerritory → Hejaz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hijaz

Abd al-Muttalib → country → Hejaz ⓘ

Aminah bint Wahb → country → Hejaz ⓘ

Allied Powers of World War I → countryMember → Hejaz ⓘ

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → countryOfCitizenship → Hejaz ⓘ

House of Hashim → countryOfOrigin → Hejaz ⓘ

Hashemite dynasty → countryOfRule → Hejaz ⓘ

Mamluk rulers of Egypt → countryRuled → Hejaz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hijaz

Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib → culture → Hejaz ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hejazi Arab

Aisha bint Abi Bakr → deathPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Fatimah bint Muhammad → deathPlace → Hejaz ⓘ

Hafsa bint Umar → deathRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Ruqayyah bint Muhammad → deathRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad → deathRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Caliph Uthman ibn Affan → deathRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

subject surface form: Uthman ibn Affan

Al Madinah Province → hasDesertRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Hijra → hasPrimaryLocation → Hejaz ⓘ

Taif → historicalAffiliation → Hejaz ⓘ

Al Madinah Province → historicalRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Battle of the Trench → locatedIn → Hejaz ⓘ

Jannat al-Baqi cemetery → locatedIn → Hejaz ⓘ

Mecca → locatedIn → Hejaz ⓘ

Medina → locatedIn → Hejaz ⓘ

Mount Arafat → locatedIn → Hejaz ⓘ

Quba Mosque → locatedIn → Hejaz ⓘ

Zamzam Well → locatedIn → Hejaz ⓘ

Cave of Hira → locatedInRegion → Hejaz ⓘ

Second Fitna → location → Hejaz ⓘ