• Muhammad's arrival. With the pledges of al-Aqaba, which took place near Mina, Muhammad was accepted as the common leader of Medina by the Aws and Khazraj...
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  • second pledge at al-ʿAqabah (Arabic: بيعة العقبة الثانية, romanized: bayʾa al-ʿaqaba al-thaniya) was an important event in Islam where 70 residents of the...
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  • Ubadah ibn al-Samit (category People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant)
    according to the traditions of Islamic scholars: His attendance at the Aqaba pledge of allegiance, which inaugurated an honorific title of Al-Aqabi. His status...
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  • Hijrah (redirect from Flight of Muhammad)
    al-'Aqaba mountain pass, located just north of Mecca near the trade route. At the meeting, they took a pledge to Muhammad, known as the "pledge of women...
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  • As'ad ibn Zurara (category Companions of the Prophet)
    the night to meet Muhammad secretly at al-Aqaba. Muhammad invited them to make a second pledge of allegiance to him "as you would to your women and children...
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  • Amr ibn al-Jamuh (category Year of birth uncertain)
    companions who gave the Prophet their pledge of allegiance in the Great Aqaba pledge. Amr Ibn Al Jamuh was a sixty-year-old man. He was afraid his children...
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    Sharifian Caliphate (category House of Hashim)
    "The Muslim residents of Jaffa gathered in their grand mosque and pledged their allegiance to Your Majesty, the Islamic caliphate. They recited benevolent...
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    Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (category Companions of the Prophet)
    of the Banu Khazraj. As Abu Ayyub was the head of his family, he was one of the chosen elders in Medina who went to the valley of Aqaba and pledged allegiance...
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    supplies with the bombings of specific sections of the Hejaz railway. After the fall of Medina, the Arab troops were able to secure Aqaba quickly and this allowed...
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    al-Tawhid wal-Jihad in 1999. In 2004 it pledged allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda. Under the leadership of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, AQI was engaged...
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    Flag (redirect from List of largest flags)
    Flag throwing Glossary of vexillology Pledge of Allegiance (United States) Standard-bearer (also enumerates various types of standards, both flag types...
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    Tihamah (category Geography of Saudi Arabia)
    تِهَامَةُ Tihāmah) refers to the Red Sea coastal plain of the Arabian Peninsula from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Bab el Mandeb. Tihāmat is the Proto-Semitic...
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    leadership of Muhammad. In 621 and 622, two secret meetings were held in Aqaba where the Muslim converts from the Khazraj and Aws pledged their allegiance to...
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  • Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (category People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant)
    After Uthman was assassinated, Zubayr pledged allegiance to the fourth caliph Ali, though later withdrew allegiance, after Ali refused to avenge Uthman's...
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  • Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (category Year of birth unknown)
    he broke all the idols of the Sa'ida clan.: 478  Sa'd was among the 75 converts from Medina who took the Second Pledge at Aqaba in July 622.: 478  Muhammad...
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    Al Qura newspaper. His uncle Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman did not pledge his allegiance to Saud as crown prince and before the gathering he left Riyadh...
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    Muhammad's second pledge of Aqaba, members of the Arab tribes stated they had to break certain alliances with the Jews due to the nature of the pledge. Rodgers...
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    Institute of Cinematic Arts in the Red Sea coastal town of Aqaba on 20 September 2006, in partnership with the University of Southern California School of Cinematic...
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    to the south. Bahrain is an island country off its east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt and Israel. Saudi Arabia...
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    Sharifian Army (category Military units and formations of World War I)
    continued up the coast of the Red Sea. As the British and Sharifian forces sought a way to overtake the Ottoman forces at Aqaba, the British decided to...
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    Mina, Saudi Arabia (category Geography of Saudi Arabia)
    is active only during the Hajj, and ends in Mina, near the Jamarat al-'Aqaba, with Mina Station 3. Running northwest, it starts in 'Arafat, going through...
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    Egypt (redirect from Republic of Egypt)
    Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast...
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    known as the "First Pledge of al-Aqaba". At their request, Muhammad sent with them Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair to teach them the instructions of Islam. Biographers...
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    Saladin (redirect from Joseph son of Job)
    captured the Crusader castle of Eilat, built on an island off the head of the Gulf of Aqaba. It did not pose a threat to the passage of the Muslim navy but could...
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    from Aqaba in the south to the lower Galilee in the north and from Arish in the west to Jericho in the east. The Tulunids later expanded the borders of the...
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    Medina (redirect from City of the Prophet)
    inhabitant of the city prior to Muhammad's arrival. To solve the ongoing feud, concerned residents of Yathrib met secretly with Muhammad in 'Aqaba, a place...
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    actions. 57 members of the al-Khalayleh family, including al-Zarqawi's brother and cousin, also reiterated their strong allegiance to the king. The ads...
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    Qedarites (redirect from Kingdom' of Qedar)
    Yauṯaʿ, became king of the Qedarites with Assyrian approval after going to Nineveh to swear his allegiance to Ashurbanipal and pledge to pay him tribute...
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    Saudi Arabia sent hundreds of volunteers to join the Arab forces. In February 1948, around 800 tribesmen had gathered near Aqaba to invade the Negev, but...
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    Bengal (redirect from Kingdom of Bengal)
    to pledge nominal allegiance to the Mughal emperor. The wealth of Bengal was vital for the Mughal court because Delhi received its biggest share of revenue...
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