Maqbara Al Baqeea
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: first Islamic cemetery of Medina, Saudi Arabia
- Also known as: “Al-Baqi Cemetery”, “Al-Baqi‘”, “Baqi Cemetery”, “Jannat Al-Baqi‘”, and “Jannat al-Baqīʿ”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Prophet’s Mosque and Green Dome.
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. Prophet’s Mosque is situated 570 metres northwest of Maqbara Al Baqeea.
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. Green Dome is situated 500 metres west of Maqbara Al Baqeea.
Masjid Ghamama
Mosque
Photo: Imam Khairul Annas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mosque of Al-Ghamamah is a mosque, located in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The mosque is located at 500 m west of As-Salam door of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi. Masjid Ghamama is situated 1 km west of Maqbara Al Baqeea.
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.
Maqbara Al Baqeea
- Categories: Islamic cemetery and burial
- Location: Medina Region, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
24.46667° or 24° 28′ northLongitude
39.61633° or 39° 36′ 59″ eastOpen location code
7GPXFJ88+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 65541621OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunniWikidata ID
Q154204
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Maqbara Al Baqeea” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Xhenet el-Baki”
- Arabic: “البقيع”
- Arabic: “جنة البقيع”
- Arabic: “مقبرة البقيع”
- Armenian: “Ալ Բաքի”
- Assamese: “আল-বাক্বী কৱৰস্থান”
- Assamese: “জান্নাত আল-বাক্বী”
- Assamese: “জান্নাতুল বাকী”
- Assamese: “জান্নাতুল বাক্বী”
- Azerbaijani: “Bəqi qəbiristanlığı”
- Bashkir: “Әл-Баҡый”
- Belarusian: “Аль-Бакі”
- Bengali: “জান্নাতুল বাকি”
- Catalan: “al-Baqí”
- Catalan: “cementiri d’al-Baqí”
- Central Kurdish: “جەننەتولباقیع”
- Central Kurdish: “گۆڕستانی بەقیع”
- Chechen: “Аль-БакъиӀ”
- Chinese: “巴奇（墓地）”
- Chinese: “巴齊”
- Chinese: “巴齊公墓”
- Chinese: “巴齐墓地”
- Chinese: “阿尔巴奇”
- Czech: “al-Bakí”
- Danish: “Al-Baqi‘”
- Dutch: “Jannatul Baqi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “البقيع”
- French: “Al Baqi”
- French: “Al Baqî”
- French: “Al-Baqi”
- French: “Al-Baqî”
- French: “Al-Baqî`”
- French: “Cimetière al baqi‘”
- French: “Cimetière Al Baqi”
- Galician: “Al-Baqi‘”
- German: “Al-Baqi‘-Friedhof”
- German: “Baqīʿ al-Gharqad”
- German: “Dschannat-ul-Baqi”
- German: “Jannat al-Baqi”
- German: “Jannatul Baqi”
- Greek: “Αλ-Μπακί”
- Hausa: “Al-Baqi‘”
- Hausa: “Al-Baqi’”
- Hebrew: “אל-בקיע”
- Hindi: “जन्नत अल-बकी”
- Hindi: “जन्नत अल-बक़ी”
- Hindi: “जन्नत उल बकी”
- Hindi: “जन्नतुल बक़ी”
- Indonesian: “Jannatul Baqi”
- Indonesian: “Pekuburan al-Baqi”
- Indonesian: “Pemakaman Baqi‘”
- Italian: “Al-Baqī‘”
- Italian: “Al-Baqi”
- Italian: “Baqi‘ al-Gharqad”
- Italian: “Baqīʿ al-Gharqad”
- Japanese: “アル＝バーキー”
- Japanese: “ジャンナトゥル・バキー墓地”
- Japanese: “バキー＝ル＝ガルカド”
- Javanese: “Pakuburan al-Baqi”
- Kashmiri: “اَلبَقیع”
- Korean: “Al-Baqi‘”
- Kurdish: “Cenetûl Baqî”
- Kurdish: “Goristana Cennetu’l-Bakî”
- Lezghian: “Аль-Баки”
- Malay: “Perkuburan Baqi‘”
- Malay: “Perkuburan Baqi’”
- Malayalam: “ജന്നത്തുൽ ബഖീ”
- Minangkabau: “Pandam pakuburan Baqi‘”
- Minangkabau: “Pandam pakuburan Baqi’”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Al-Baqi‘”
- Persian: “بقیع”
- Persian: “قبرستان بقیع”
- Persian: “گورستان بقیع”
- Portuguese: “Al-Baqi‘”
- Russian: “Maqbaratu l-Baqī‘”
- Russian: “Аль-Баки”
- Russian: “البقيع”
- Scots: “Al-Baqi‘”
- Sindhi: “جنت البقيع”
- Slovenian: “Džanat Al Baki”
- Slovenian: “Pokopališče Al-Baki”
- Somali: “Marwaan bin xakam”
- Spanish: “Al-Baquí”
- Spanish: “Jannatul Baqi”
- Swedish: “Al-Baqi‘”
- Swedish: “Al-Baqi’”
- Tajik: “Бақеъ”
- Tatar: “Әл-Бакыйг”
- Thai: “อัลบะกีอ์”
- Turkish: “Baki Mezarlığı”
- Turkish: “Cennet-ül Baki”
- Turkish: “Cennetü’l-Bakı”
- Ukrainian: “Аль-Бакі”
- Urdu: “بقیع”
- Urdu: “جنت البقیع”
- Uzbek: “Baqi’”
- Vietnamese: “Al-Baqi‘”
- Western Panjabi: “جنت البقیع”
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Highlights include Al Jazeera Complex and Shazah Bus Station.
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