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    Jannat al-Baqī (Arabic: ٱلْبَقِيْع, "The Baqi'", Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.ba.ɡiːʕ, al.ba.qiːʕ]) is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of Medina...
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    Al-Baqi cemetery, the oldest and one of the two most important Islamic graveyards located in Medina, in current-day Saudi Arabia, was demolished in 1806...
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    the three aforementioned mosques, Masjid al-Fath (also known as Masjid al-Khandaq), the Seven Mosques, the Baqi' Cemetery where the graves of many famous...
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    Ahmed Hilmi Abd al-Baqi (Arabic: أحمد حلمي عبد الباقي 1883 – 1963) was an Arab soldier, economist, and politician of Albanian descent, who served in various...
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    in this cemetery were demolished in 1925, the same year that the Jannat al-Baqi' cemetery in Medina was demolished by the Saudi King, Ibn Saud. In traditional...
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    mother in al-Baqi cemetery. The Umayyad governor of Medina, Sa'id ibn al-As, was not opposed to burying Hasan near Muhammad, whereas Marwan ibn al-Hakam strongly...
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    buried in the al-Baqi but the year of her death is unknown. Especially in Iran, Shia women make the supplication of tawassul to Umm al-Banin, requesting...
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    castles - see List of Isma'ili castles. Al-Baqi' (Jannat al-Baqī) is a cemetery located across from Al-Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina, Saudi Arabia. It is the...
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  • ʻAbd al-Bāqī (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الباقي) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Bāqī, one of the names...
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  • Muḥammad Fu'ād ʿAbd al-Baqī (Mit Helfa, Qalyub, 1882 – Cairo, 1968) was a prolific Egyptian scholar of Islam, a poet and a translator from French and...
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