Maqbara Al Baqeea

Al-Baqi Cemetery, also known as Jannat al-Baqi or Baqi al-Gharqad, is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery, located southeast of the in in the region of .
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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 al-Gharqad”, “Baqi Cemetery”, “Jannat Al-Baqi‘”, “Jannat al-Baqīʿ”, and “مقبرة بقيع الغرقد”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Prophet’s Mosque and Green Dome.

Mosque
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The Prophet's Mosque is the second mosque built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in , after the Quba Mosque, as well as the second largest mosque and holiest site in Islam, after the in , in the region of the . is situated 570 metres northwest of Maqbara Al Baqeea.

Building
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The is a green-coloured dome built above the Sacred Prophetic Chamber enclosing the burial tombs of the Prophet Muhammad and the first two Rashidun caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar. is situated 500 metres west of Maqbara Al Baqeea.

Mosque
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Mosque of Al-Ghamamah is a , located in , . The mosque is located at 500 m west of As-Salam door of . is situated 1 km west of Maqbara Al Baqeea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Medina.

Photo: Medineli, Public domain.
, officially known as Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, is a city in the region of . Commonly referred to as the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilisation", it is Islam's second holiest city.

Maqbara Al Baqeea

Latitude
24.46667° or 24° 28′ north
Longitude
39.61633° or 39° 36′ 59″ east
Open location code
7GPXFJ88+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 65541621
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data 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”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənnət əl-Bəqi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənnətül-Bəqi”
  • Bashkir: “Әл-Баҡый”
  • Belarusian: “Аль-Бакі”
  • Bengali: “জান্নাতুল বাকি”
  • Catalan: “al-Baqí”
  • Catalan: “cementiri d’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”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al-Baqi Cemetery”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Al-Baqi‘”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Baqi al-Gharqad”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Jannat Al-Baqi‘”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Jannat al-Baqīʿ”
  • 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‘”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério de Albaqui”
  • 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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