(Arabic; lit. ‘the barrier’). A region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea which includes some of the holiest sites and cities for all Muslims — the Kaʿba in Mecca, and Medina, the final resting place of Prophet Muhammad.
(Arabic; lit. ‘the barrier’). A region in the west of present-day Saudi Arabia along the Red Sea which includes some of the holiest sites and cities for all Muslims — the Kaʿba in Mecca, and Medina, the final resting place of Prophet Muhammad.