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Coordinates: 23°0′N 41°0′E. The Hijaz Mountains [1] ( Arabic: جِبَال ٱلْحِجَاز, romanized : Jibāl al-Ḥijāz ( Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [dʒɪˈbaːl alħɪˈdʒaːz]) or "Hejaz Range" is a mountain range located in the Hejazi region of western Saudi Arabia.
- 2,393 m (7,851 ft)
- Saudi Arabia
- Jabal Werqaan
- جِبَال ٱلْحِجَاز (Arabic)
Mecca is the city of Muhammad 's birth and ancestry, and an annual point of pilgrimage for millions of Muslims. Map of the Hejaz showing the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Yanbu and Tabuk. The Saudi region is outlined in red and the 1923 Kingdom is in green. Coordinates: 23°N 40°E / 23°N 40°E / 23; 40. Country.
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May 14, 2020 · A contemporary map shows existing pilgrimage routes from the coast to the southern end of the railway. Outline Map of Hejaz, in Handbook of Hejaz, 1917. IOR/L/MIL/17/16/12. Image available from Qatar Digital Library. In December 1916 Lawrence drew the following sketch on headed notepaper bearing the name, ‘Arab Bureau, Savoy Hotel, Cairo’.
The entirety of the Ta'if governorate is situated on a raised valley surrounded by the Hejaz Mountains (part of the Sarat mountains) to the west and south. The city is situated at an elevation of 1,879 m (6,165 ft) above mean sea level.
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- Saudi Arabia
- 1,879 m (6,165 ft)
- Makkah
An arid, mountainous region in western Saudi Arabia, and site of Mecca and Medina. The Hijaz region is the cradle of Islam and home to the faith's two Holy Cities. Hijaz reached the peak of its political importance after the rise of Islam, when Mecca was the seat of the first four caliphs (rulers) of the Muslim community.
The stretch from the Gulf of Aqaba to the middle of the Peninsula’s coastline, a few kilometres south of Makkah, is called the Hijaz Mountains (Al-Ḥijāz, meaning “the barrier”), the more elevated basaltic stretch southwards to the southern tip of Yemen is known as As-Sarawat (the chain in Arabic).
Hejaz. The Hejaz (or Hijaz) covers the central Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. Home to both commercial hub Jeddah and the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina, this is where the famous railway from Damascus led in its brief heyday, and while politically somewhat eclipsed by Riyadh, Jeddah in particular remains the most cosmopolitan city in ...
