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Haram (Arabic: هرم; Old South Arabian 𐩠𐩧𐩣 hrm-m, with mimation Haramum) (known today as Kharibat Hamdān and Kharibat ʾl ʿAlī) is an ancient city in the north of al-Jawf in modern-day Yemen, at about 1100 metres above sea level.
Masjid al-Haram (Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام , romanized: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit. 'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [6] [7] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of ...
The city centers on the al-Haram area, which contains the Masjid al-Haram. The area around the mosque is the old city and contains the most famous district of Mecca, Ajyad. The main street that runs to al-Haram is the Ibrahim al-Khalil Street, named after Ibrahim. Traditional, historical homes built of local rock, two to three stories long are ...
Name Image Capacity Area (m 2) City Country Year of first building Denomination Masjid al-Haram: 4,000,000 [1]: 400,800 [2]: Mecca Saudi Arabia Pre-622 – Prophet's Mosque
Al Hindawiyyah- commercial center south of the Al Haram District. [2] Al Iskan - includes the King Fahd Housing complex, A residential district. Al Jumaizah; Al Maabda; Al Muaisem; Al Nuzha; Al Rasaifah; Al Shoqiyah; Al Shubaikah; Al Sulaimaniyyah; At-Tan'im, which contains Masjid ʿAʾishah, which is used as a miqat for people living in Makkah ...
Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound / Haram Ash-Sharif Israel: Jerusalem (old city) Unknown, considered the second oldest mosque, [3] U Al-Masjid al-Aqṣá, [4] the former Qiblah, [5] site of the significant event of Al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj, third holiest site in Islam. The term properly refers to the whole Temple Mount compound (seen as a single mosque ...
Great Mosque of Mecca, also known as Masjid al-Haram: the location of the Kaaba and the main site of the Hajj pilgrimage; Sri Lanka ... (Panama City), Panama; References
Haram or prayer hall of the Great Mosque of Kairouan (also called the Mosque of Uqba) which is located in the historic city of Kairouan in Tunisia, North Africa. As used in Islamic urban planning, the word ḥaram means "inviolate zone", an important aspect of urban planning in Muslim civilization. Such protected areas were sanctuaries, or ...