Mount Qaiqan in Islamic Geographical History

Written By أسماء ابوجبارة on 2013/11/18

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p class="rtejustify" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arabiaweather.com - Mount Qiqaan is located on the western side of Makkah, and reaches a height of 430 meters. Today it is called &quot;Mount Qarn&quot; and its borders are from Al-Bab neighborhood to Al-Qarara.</p><p class="rtejustify" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p class="rtejustify" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> It was called Mount Qayqan because of the rattling of weapons during the war that took place between Jurhum and Qatura. It is described as a great, tall, extended mountain, and at its origin lies Al-Marwah from the plaintiff&#39;s side in the north-east of the Grand Mosque.</p><p class="rtejustify" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p class="rtejustify" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Mount Qaiqan in some historical sources, quoting Ashraf al-Hijaz website:</p><p class="rtejustify" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> 1. In (Dictionary of Countries) by Yaqoot al-Hamwi (Qa’iqan) “by annexing and then conquest, in a diminutive word, it is the name of a mountain in Makkah. It was said: It was called that because Qatura and dragged them when they fought, the rumble of weapons in it, and on the authority of al-Suddi that he said: The mountain in Makkah was called Qa’aq’an because their drag used to make In it were her bows, her neck, and her neck, and she was clattering in it.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> 2. In “Viewing the Names of Places and Bekaa” by Safi al-Din Abd al-Mu’min ibn Abd al-Haq al-Baghdadi (Qa’iqan) with annexation, then conquest, and reduction: a mountain in Makkah, the one standing on it overlooks the Iraqi corner, except that the buildings have tilted between them.</p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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