Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Mecca Region

Al-Hijr (Hateem)

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.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: Architecture and interior of the Kaaba
  • Also known as: “Hajir Ismail”, “Hateem”, “Hijr Ismail”, “Hijr-Ismail”, “marble”, “جَدْر”, “حِجْر إسماعيل”, and “حَطِيْ”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kaaba and Maqam Ibrahim.

Mosque
Photo: Aiman titi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Ibrahim, Ismail and their building of the in what is now the Great Mosque of Mecca in the region of .

Historic site
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is a historic site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mecca and Haram.

Photo: Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, 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
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.

Al-Hijr (Hateem)

Latitude
21.4226° or 21° 25′ 21″ north
Longitude
39.82613° or 39° 49′ 34″ east
Height
1.2 metres (4 feet)
Open location code
7GHXCRFG+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 315911894
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2080761
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Al-Hijr (Hateem)” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الحجر”
  • Arabic: “الحطيم”
  • Arabic: “حجر إسماعيل”
  • Arabic: “حجر إسمعيل”
  • Arabic: “حجر اسماعيل”
  • Arabic: “حجر اسمعيل”
  • Bengali: “হাতিম”
  • Chechen: “Хьиджр ИсмаӀил”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حجر اسماعيل”
  • Hebrew: “חג’ר אל-חטים”
  • Hebrew: “חג’ר אסמאעיל”
  • Hindi: “हिजर इस्माइल”
  • Indonesian: “Hijir Ismail”
  • Indonesian: “Hijr Ismail”
  • Japanese: “ハティーム”
  • Javanese: “Hijir Ismail”
  • Malay: “Hijir Ismail”
  • Persian: “حجر اسماعیل”
  • Russian: “Аль-Хатим”
  • Russian: “Аль-Хатым”
  • Russian: “Альхатым”
  • Russian: “Хатим”
  • Russian: “Хиджр Исмаил”
  • Spanish: “Hatim”
  • Spanish: “Hiyr”
  • Tajik: “Ҳиҷри Исмоил”
  • Thai: “ฮิจญร์อิสมาอีล”
  • Turkish: “Hicr-i İsmail”
  • Urdu: “حطیم”
  • Uzbek: “Hijr Ismoil”
  • Western Panjabi: “حطیم”

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