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al-Kaʿba

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A structure at the center of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām in Mecca.

Names

  • البيت الحرام2
  • البيت العتيق2
  • الكعبة1
  • الكعبة الشريفة2
  • بيت الله2
  • Al-Bayt al-Ḥarām
  • al-Bayt al-ʿAtīq
  • al-Kaʿba
  • al-Kaʿba al-Sharīfa
  • Bayt Allāh

Place Type

building

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 21.4225° Long. 39.8261666666667°3

Descriptions

The most sacred site in Islam located in the Great Mosque in Mecca.

Attestation

Attestation of name الكعبة in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah.

الكعبة1 1
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah, Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa, pp: 24.
  • 2 Ibn Baṭṭūta, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūta. Tuḥfat al-nuẓẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, pp: 133, 144, 146, 146, 147, 148, 150, 151, 163, 166, 174, 177, 180, 181, 181, 182, 183, 184, 249.
  • 3 GeoHack, "https://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Kaaba&params=21_25_21.0_N_39_49_34.2_E_type:landmark,"

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Kaʿba” in The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, last modified January 10, 2020, https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2908.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “al-Kaʿba.” In The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer, edited by Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine and Mario Kozah. Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2020. Entry published January 10, 2020. https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/2908.

About this Entry

Entry Title: al-Kaʿba

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • Haya Al Thani, general editor, Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute
  • Haya Al Thani, Saif al-Murikhi, Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn, Abdul Rahman Chamseddine, and Mario Kozah, editors, The Beth Qaṭraye Gazetteer
  • Thomas A. Carlson and Tobias Scheunchen, entry contributors, “al-Kaʿba”

Additional Credit:

  • Research on coordinates by Tobias Scheunchen
  • Data correction and integration from Ibn Battuta, al-Bakri, al-Tabari, Nasir Khusraw, Ibn Jubayr, Isho’yahb III, Al-Muqaddasī, Ibn Ḥawqal, Al-Masūdī, Yāqūt b. ʿAbdallāh al-Ḥamawī by Tobias Scheunchen
  • Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Battuta data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging and XML by William L. Potter
  • Data merging and XML by David A. Michelson
  • Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdulrahim Abu-Husayn
  • Ibn Rustah data collection by Abdul Rahman Chamseddine
  • Data merging, Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Ibn Rustah data correction and integration by Thomas A. Carlson

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