DMG: al-Kaʿba; Wehr: al-kaʿba Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة, romanized: al-Kaʿba, lit. 'the Cube' Arabic pronunciation: [al.ˈkaʕ.ba], also spelled Ka'ba, Ka'bah...

mercy'), also known as the Mīzāb al-Kaʿba ('gutter of the Kaʿba'), is a rain gutter projecting from the roof of the Kaʿba enabling rainwater to pour to the...

Behnam. Naqsh-e Rustam and the Coronations of the Sassanian Kings. Gropp. "KAʿBA-YE ZARDOŠT". In Encyclopædia Iranica. Sami. The Most Important and Large...

romanized: Biʾru 'l-Kaʿba, lit. 'Well of the Kaʿba', a dry well inside the Kaʿba reputed to have been used as the treasury of the Kaʿba and as a place for...

Cheltenham: Stanley Thornes. ISBN 978-1-134-98308-7. Wensinck, Arent Jan (1978). "Kaʿba". In van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Bosworth, C. E. (eds.). The...

(disambiguation) Isra' and Mi'raj, mythical night journey of Muhammad from the Kaʿba in Mecca to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā in Jerusalem, from where he is believed to...

Shapur I's Ka'ba-ye Zartosht inscription (shortened as Shapur-KZ, ŠKZ, SKZ), also referred to as The Great Inscription of Shapur I, and Res Gestae Divi...

"Muhammad at the Ka'ba" from the Siyer-i Nebi. Muhammad is shown with veiled face, c. 1595....

Mecca was thus a no-go area for the Muslims, with its old sanctuary of the Ka'ba. Although it had been a pilgrimage center from the pre-Islamic times, it...

Geuthner. pp. 102–103. Fahd, Toufic (1958). "Une pratique cléromantique à la Kaʿba preislamique". Semitica. 8: 75–76. Crone, Patricia (1987). Meccan Trade...