Sela (Saudi Arabia)
Sela سلع שלע is a mountain in Medina in modern Saudi Arabia. Mount selae in the "District of the Seven Mosques" in city of Medina Municipality in Saudi Arabia.[1][2] "The Prophet Muhammad in the "Battle of the Trench" prayed to God for victory on Mount Sela'. His name and his companions Omar and Ali are inscribed on a stone on top of the mountain. Mount Sela was the site of another battle between the Kedarites and Babylonian King Nabonidus at time of Prophet Daniel"[3] [3][4] [4] ِ Photo of Mount Selae by Medina Municipality.[5] Mount Sela' Arabic wikipedia page [6] Mount Sela' at wikimapia[5]
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References
- ^ Al-Madinah Regional Municipality, Saudi Arabia [1]
- ^ Sela' (Medina) citations at Book Mujam Buldan by Yaqut Hamwi, Volume I: pages 5,1,5.145.237.432.663.671 Volume ii:pages ,32.111. Volume 3: pages 117.661.767.839. Volume IV: pages 434.439,.468.556.626 al-Hamawi, Yaqut (1994). Kitab muʻjam al-buldān. Tehran: Frankfurt am Main : Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. p. 207. OCLC 61192389.
- ^ Mountains of al Madinah al Munawarah, Saudi Arabia, Pilgrims Guide, Government of Saudi Arabia [2]
- ^ al-Khattab, compiled by a group of scholars under the supervision of Shaikh Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri ; translated by Nasiruddin (2004). History of Al-Madinah Al Munawarah (2nd ed. ed.). Riyadh: Darussalam. p. 113. ISBN 9789960892115.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mount Sela' and site of the Battle of the Trench". wikimapia. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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