Jabal Din
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Jabal Ḍin, or Jabal Ẓin, is a distinct cone-shaped mountain in Yemen.[2] It is located at the northern end of the Sanaa plain, just east of the road from Sanaa to 'Amran.[2] Of volcanic origin, it marks the high point between the Sanaa plain and the al-Bawn plain.[2] Regarded as a sacred site since pre-Islamic times, Jabal Din points approximately to Mecca when viewed from Sanaa.[2] Thus, according to tradition, the Islamic prophet Muhammad instructed that the people of Sanaa should use Jabal Din as the reference point for the qibla.[2] There are pre-Islamic ruins at Jabal Din's summit, which are said to be the tomb of Qudam ibn Qadim.[2] The mountain does not appear to have been fortified during the Islamic period.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Geonames.org. Jabal Z̧īn". Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 7–8, 221–2. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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