Al-Hajar al-Aswad (Arabic: اَلْحَجَرُ ٱلْأَسْوَدُ, romanized: al-Ḥajaru l-Aswad, lit. 'The Black Stone') is a Syrian city just 4 km (2 mi) south of the...

Further north of Tall Aswad was the Dayr al-Zakkā monastery, which was built on top of the ancient settlement mound now called Tall al-Bī'a. This was the...

Al-Tall (Arabic: التل, romanized: at-Tall, also spelled al-Tell) is a city in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate and...

her father's lifetime. Umm Zayd. Umm al-Aswad from the Taghlib tribe. Amr the Younger. al-Aswad. Dumkh bint al-Asbagh of the Kalb tribe. Amr the Elder...

tourist attractions in Makkah. The mountain itself is barely 640 m (2,100 ft) tall; nonetheless one to two hours are needed to make the strenuous hike to the...

emergence of claimants to prophethood, such as the liar Musaylimah and al-Aswad al-‘Anasi; Killing will become widespread; Appearance of women who are clothed...

Banu Taghlib and the Bani Tamim headed by Sajah that of the Al-Ansi headed by Al-Aswad Al-Ansi These leaders are all denounced in Islamic histories as...

and Miqdad ibn Aswad, and two Ansari commanders named Maslama ibn Mukhallad al-Ansari and Ubadah ibn al-Samit. However, Baladhuri, Ibn al-Athir and Ibn...

Mecca (/ˈmɛkə/; officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia...

Civil War in the Rif Dimashq Governorate campaign. Al-Qutayfah Markaz Rif Dimashq Al-Nabk Al-Tall Darayya Duma Qatana Yabrud Zabadani The governorate...