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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Hunayn (Saudi Arabia)

Hunayn (Arabic: حنين) is a location in the Hijaz, Saudi Arabia, close to the city of Ta’if. It is located between Mecca and Ta’if in the Sarawat Mountains.

The location, on the Road from Meccah to Ta’if Road, is a wide arid valley surrounded by barren, rocky mountains. The Battle of Hunayn took place here.

See also

References

  1. ^ T. Osborne, A Complete History of the Arabs: From the Birth of Mohammed to the Reduction of Baghdad (1761), p184.
  2. ^ Hunayn Valley, Saudi Arabia.
  3. ^ Quran 9:25–27
  4. ^ The battle of Hunayn, Battle at Hunain, Military History of Islam, in Khalid bin Al-Waleed.