Desert Diaries

October 20, 2009

Peep a Pic: Mountains on the way to Makkah

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Mountains on the way to Makkah

Mountains on the way to Makkah

Makkah is enclosed by the Valley of Ibraaheem (‘alaihis salaam), which is surrounded by two nearby mountain ranges to the east, west and south. The northern range comprises of Al-Falaq and Qu’aqi’an mountains, while the southern range consists of Abu Hudaidah mountain (to the west), Kuday (to the south), Abu Qubais and Khindimah (to the south-east). Makkah lies inland 73 kilometers east of Jeddah.

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