Al-ʽAwali
Al-ʽAwali is a village in Al Madinah Province, in western Saudi Arabia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “‘Awali”, “Al ‘Awālī”, and “Al `Awali”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prophet’s Mosque and Maqbara Al Baqeea.
Prophet’s Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Bluemangoa2z, Public domain.
The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Medina, after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, in the Saudi region of the Hejaz.
Maqbara Al Baqeea
Cemetery
Jannat al-Baqī is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of Medina located in the Hejazi region of present-day Saudi Arabia. It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad.
Green Dome
Building
Photo: Abdul Hafeez Bakhsh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Green Dome is a green-coloured dome built above the tombs of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar. The dome was built above Aisha's house where Muhammad is believed to have died and been buried.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Medina.
Medina
Photo: Medineli, Public domain.
Medina, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.
Al-ʽAwali
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-ʽAwali” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العوالي (المدينة المنورة)”
- Arabic: “العوالي”
- Dutch: “Al `Awali”
- Egyptian Arabic: “العوالى”
- Indonesian: “Al-‘Awali, Madinah”
- Indonesian: “Al-’Awali, Madinah”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al `Awali”
- Persian: “ال اولی”
- Persian: “الاولی”
- Urdu: “العوالی”
- Uzbek: “Al ʼAvali”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Al Bagi and Jabal Sila.
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