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  2. 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.

  3. Arabian Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in about 570 and first began preaching in the city in 610, but migrated to Medina in 622. From there he and his companions united the tribes of Arabia under the banner of Islam and created the First Islamic State - a single Arab Muslim religious polity in the Arabian Peninsula.

  4. Mina, Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    Mina (Arabic: مِنَى, romanized: Minā), also known as Muna (Arabic: مُنَى, romanized: Munā), and commonly known as the "City of the Tents " [1][2] is a valley located 8 kilometres (5 miles) southeast of the city of Mecca, in the district of Masha'er, Province of Makkah in the Hejazi region Saudi Arabia. Covering an area of ...

  5. Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    Saudi Arabia, [e] officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), [f] is a country in Western Asia.It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about 2,150,000 km 2 (830,000 sq mi), making it the fifth-largest country in Asia and the largest in the Middle East.

  6. List of Muslim states and dynasties - Wikipedia

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    Comoros. The Sultanate of Ndzuwani (1711–1912) The Sultanate of Ngazidjia (1400–1912) also known as the Sultanate of Bambao. The Sultanate of Mwali (1830–1909) The Sultanate of Bajini (1500–1889) The Sultanate of Itsandra (1400–1886) The Sultanate of Mitsamihuli. The Sultanate of Washili. The Sultanate of Hambuu.

  7. Vassal and tributary states of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Some states within the eyalet system included sancakbeys who were local to their sanjak or who inherited their position (e.g., Samtskhe, some Kurdish sanjaks), areas that were permitted to elect their own leaders (e.g., areas of Albania, Epirus, and Morea (Mani Peninsula) was nominally a part of Aegean Islands Province but Maniot beys were tributary vassals of the Porte, or de facto ...

  8. Holiest sites in Islam - Wikipedia

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    Hejaz is the region in the Arabian Peninsula where Mecca and Medina are located. It is where the Islamic prophet Muhammad was born and raised. [10]The two holy cities of Islam, Mecca and Medina, are traditionally known as the Ḥaramayn, which is the dual form of ḥaram, thus meaning "The Two Sanctuaries". [11]

  9. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Africa

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    It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non-African sovereign states. Malta and parts of France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain are located on the African continental plate, some considerably closer ...