Khaybar

Khaybar was an oasis in Medina Province, , situated some 153 kilometres north of the city of . Prior to the arrival of Islam in the 7th century, the area had been inhabited by Jews until it was conquered by the Muslims under Prophet Muhammad during the Battle of Khaybar in 628 CE.
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  • Town with 16,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 730 metres (2,395 feet)
  • Description: oasis in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as
    “Khayber”
    “Khebar”

Khaybar

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Latitude
25.7025° or 25° 42′ 9″ north
Longitude
39.2933° or 39° 17′ 36″ east
Open location code
7GQXP73V+28
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Khaybar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خيبر”
  • Asturian: “Khaybar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xeybər”
  • Bengali: “খায়বার”
  • Catalan: “Khaybar”
  • Catalan: “Khàybar”
  • Central Kurdish: “خەیبەر”
  • Chinese: “海拜爾”
  • Dutch: “Khaybar”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “خيبر”
  • French: “Khaybar”
  • German: “Chaibar”
  • German: “Ḫaibar”
  • German: “Khaibar”
  • Hebrew: “ח’יבר”
  • Hebrew: “ח’ייבר”
  • Hebrew: “חייבר”
  • Hindi: “खेबर”
  • Hindi: “खैबर”
  • Hindi: “ख़ैबर”
  • Indonesian: “Khaybar”
  • Irish: “Khaybar”
  • Italian: “Khaybar”
  • Japanese: “カイバー”
  • Japanese: “ハイバル”
  • Kazakh: “Хайбар”
  • Korean: “카이바르”
  • Malay: “Khaibar”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khaybar”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Khaybar”
  • Persian: “خیبر”
  • Polish: “Chajbar”
  • Polish: “Hajbar”
  • Portuguese: “Caibar”
  • Russian: “Хайбар”
  • Serbian: “Хајбар”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hajbar”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Khaybar”
  • Sindhi: “خيبر”
  • Slovenian: “Hajbar”
  • South Azerbaijani: “خیبر”
  • Spanish: “Jáibar”
  • Spanish: “Khaybar”
  • Swedish: “Khaybar”
  • Turkish: “Hayber”
  • Ukrainian: “Хайбар”
  • Urdu: “خیبر”
  • Uzbek: “Haybar”
  • Western Panjabi: “خیبر، سعودی عرب”

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