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Definition of Al madinah
1. Noun. A city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia, Hedjaz, Hejaz, Hijaz
Lexicographical Neighbors of Al Madinah
Literary usage of Al madinah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origins of the Islamic State, Being a Translation from the Arabic by Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá Balādhurī, Philip Khuri Hitti (1916)
"The Prophet in al-Madinah. Says Ahmad ibn-Yahya ibn-Jabir:— 1 have been informed by
... The Helpers—originally applied to the early converts of al-Madinah. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being by William Smith, Henry Wace (1882)
"... by false pretences, to accompany a party of Muslims to al-Madinah, where the
Prophet was to raise him to the highest dignity among his people. ..."
3. An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by Universal history (1780)
"The pert is about a day's journey from the high road leading to 'Al-Madinah.
A little to the eaft of Yanbo' Hands Mount Radwa, about feven (lations from ..."
4. Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A by Guy Le Strange (1890)
"... in the Mosque of Makkah, and the Mosque of al madinah, and the Mosque of
Jerusalem, and the Mosque of Kuba (two miles south of al madinah), ..."
5. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1900)
"PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF A PILGRIMAGE то AL-MADINAH AND ... (82) $4.50 1152 WORKS,
comprising: Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, 2 vols. ; Mission to ..."
6. Ad-Damîrí's Ḥayāt Al-ḥayawān, a Zoological Lexicon by Muḥammad ibn Mūsá Damīrī (1908)
"... because al-Madinah was deserted notwithstanding its flourishing condition,
when the scat of government was removed from it to Syria and al-'Inik ..."
7. A Reformer on the Throne: Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said by Sergeĭ Plekhanov (2004)
"The Omanis have a saying that The egg was laid in al-Madinah, it was hatched in
Basra and (the bird of knowledge) then flew to Oman. ..."
8. An Encyclopaedia of Religions by Maurice Arthur Canney (1921)
"Quarrelling and disputation shall cease amongst men. and then shall a man of the
people of al-Madinah come forth, and shall go from al-Madinah to Makkah, ..."
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