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  • Al-Abwaa

  • Al-Abwaa

    Al-Abwaa is an ancient site located in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia. The village also contains the tomb of Aminah bint Wahb, the mother of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
    The site is one of the elements included in the UNESCO Tentative List for World Heritage designation, Egyptian Hajj Road.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Al-Abwaa
    by KsaUvi (Saad Abdullah), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Al-Abwaa

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2015

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Saudi Arabia

    Makkah

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    5th Century AD

    Old Arabs

    Islamic

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    Old Arabs & Islamic Monuments

     

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