33°06′N 44°35′E / 33.100°N 44.583°E / 33.100; 44.583 al-Madāʾin Al-Mada'in (Arabic: المدائن, al-Madāʾin; Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: מחוזא Māḥozā; lit. 'the...

Ἕγρα, Arabic: ٱلْحِجْر, romanized: al-Ḥijr), also known as Mada’in Salih (Arabic: مَدَائِن صَالِح, romanized: madāʼin Ṣāliḥ, lit. 'Cities of Salih'), is...

The Battle of al-Mada'in was fought near al-Mada'in in central Iraq between the armies of the Hamdanids and the Baridis, for control over Baghdad, the...

when Ali became the Caliph, and appointed Salman as the governor of Al-Mada'in at the age of 88. He translated the Quran into Persian, thus becoming...

decided to flee the town, giving it up to the Turks without resisting. Al-Mada'in, to the south of Baghdad in the direction of Wasit, was a series of settlements...

theorized that the soldiers in al-Mada'in became sick because they were not used to the non-desert climate of al-Mada'in, which was characterized by medieval...

Abu al-Tufayl went to Kufa during the reign of Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman and then to Al-Mada'in. For many years, he was a companion of Ali. Abu al-Tufayl...

sometimes referred to as "The Cities" (Mahuza, Arabic: المدائن, romanized: al-Mada'in). In the late sixth and early seventh century, it was listed as the largest...

minor office under him, and Mukhtar's uncle became governor of nearby al-Mada'in. A few companions of Muhammad, including Mu'awiya, the governor of Syria...

Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (Arabic: حُذَيْفَة بِن اَلْيَمَان, romanized: Ḥudhayfah ibn al-Yamān), or pronounced Huthaifah or Huzaifah (died in 656), was one...