Corner of Yemen

Corner of Yemen is a historic site in , . Corner of Yemen is situated nearby to , as well as near the historic site .
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: four corners of the square building Kaaba, roughly pointing along the four cardinal directions; the Black Stone is the Eastern corner; the Northern, Western, and Southern corners are known as the Iraqi, Levantine, and Yemeni corners respectively.
  • Also known as: “ar-rukn al-yamani”, “corners of the Kaaba”, “Rukn al-Hajarulaswad”, “Ruknu l-‘Iraqi”, “Ruknu l-Yamani”, and “Ruknu sh-Shami”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kaaba and Maqam Ibrahim.

Mosque
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The , also spelled Kaʽba, Kaʽbah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʽba al-Musharrafa, is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important and holiest site, the in , Saudi Arabia.

Memorial
The Maqām Ibrāhīm is a small square stone associated with Abraham, Ishmael and their building of the in what is now the Great Mosque of Mecca in the region of .

Building
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Hijr Ismail also known as Hateem, is a low wall originally part of the . It is a semi-circular wall opposite, but not connected to, the north-west wall of the Kaaba known as the hatīm.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mecca and Haram.

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, officially known as Makkah al-Mukarramah, is a city in and the holiest city in Islam. is the birthplace of Prophet Muhammed, the founder of Islam, and Muslims believe the Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammad here.

Neighborhood
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is one of several similar words originating from the triliteral Semitic root Ḥ-R-M. The word literally means "sanctuary", commonly used by Muslims to refer to and .

Neighborhood
is a historic neighborhood of in Makkah Province, in western . Ajya is directly south of Al Haram District.

Corner of Yemen

Latitude
21.42245° or 21° 25′ 21″ north
Longitude
39.82617° or 39° 49′ 34″ east
Open location code
7GHXCRCG+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1199442700
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q4115878
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Corner of Yemen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أركان الكعبة”
  • Arabic: “الركن اليماني”
  • Catalan: “Ar-Rukn al-Yamaní”
  • Dutch: “Rukne Yamani”
  • Esperanto: “angulo de Kaabo”
  • French: “Angle du Yémen”
  • German: “Jemenitische Ecke”
  • Persian: “رکن یمانی”
  • Russian: “Рукне Ямани”
  • Russian: “угол Йемена”
  • Somali: “Tiirarka Kacbada”
  • Urdu: “رکن یمانی”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shami Corner and Black Stone.

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