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2. The Clock Towers - Wikipedia

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   The Clock Towers (Arabic: أبراج الساعة, romanized: Abrāj al-Sāʿat, lit. 'Towers of the Clock', formerly known as Abraj Al Bait), is a government-owned complex of seven skyscraper hotels in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

3. Mecca - Wikipedia

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   Mecca (/ ˈmɛkə /; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, [a] commonly shortened to Makkah[b]) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam. [4] It is 70 km (43 mi) inland from Jeddah on the Red Sea, in a narrow valley 277 m (909 ft) above sea level.

4. Timeline of Mecca - Wikipedia

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   Makkah Clock Royal Tower Hotel in business. 1,534,731. [26] 2012 August: Fourth Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit Conference held in city. Abraj Al Bait built. 2013 - Mishaal bin Abdullah Al Saud becomes governor of Mecca Province. 2014 / 1435-1436 H - Raffles Makkah Palace hotel and Swissôtel Makkah in business. 2015

5. Quraysh - Wikipedia

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   The Quraysh or Qureshi (Arabic: قُرَيْشٌ) was an Arab tribe that inhabited and used to control Mecca and the Kaaba. Comprising ten main clans, it includes the Hashim clan into which the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born. By 600 CE, the Quraysh had become wealthy merchants, dominating trade between the Indian Ocean, East Africa, and the ...

6. Conquest of Mecca - Wikipedia

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   The conquest of Mecca (Arabic: فَتْحُ مَكَّةَ Fatḥu Makkah, alternatively, "liberation of Mecca") was a military campaign undertaken by Muhammad and his companions during the Muslim–Quraysh War. They led the early Muslims in an advance on the Quraysh -controlled city of Mecca in December 629 or January 630 [3][4] (10–20 ...

7. First Islamic state - Wikipedia

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   The first Islamic State, also known as State of Medina[2] was the first Islamic state established by Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina in 622 CE under the Constitution of Medina. It represented the political unity of the Muslim Ummah (nation). After Muhammad's death, his companions known as the Rightly Guided Caliphs (Rashidun) founded the ...