Hunayn,_Saudi_Arabia

Hunayn, Saudi Arabia

Hunayn, Saudi Arabia

Locality in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

For other uses, see Hunayn (disambiguation).

Hunayn (Arabic: حنين) is a location in the Hijaz, Saudi Arabia, close to the city of Ta’if. It is located between Mecca and Ta’if in the Sarawat Mountains.[1]

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The location, on the Road from Meccah to Ta’if Road, is a wide arid valley surrounded by barren, rocky mountains.[2] The Battle of Hunayn took place here.[3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    T. Osborne, A Complete History of the Arabs: From the Birth of Mohammed to the Reduction of Baghdad (1761), p184.
  2. [2]
    Hunayn Valley, Saudi Arabia.
  3. [3]
    Quran 9:25–27
  4. [4]
    The battle of Hunayn, Battle at Hunain, Military History of Islam, in Khalid bin Al-Waleed.


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