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Meina IPA: /mɛˈdiːnə/ (Arabic: المدينة المنورة‎ IPA: [ælmæˈdiːnæl muˈnɑwːɑrɑ] or المدينة IPA: [ælmæˈdiːnæ]; also transliterated into English as Madinah; officially al Madīnah al Munawwarah) is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of Muhammad. It was also the place where Muhammad and his followers left after attacks against them in Mecca, now known as the Hijrah.

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  • This second-holiest city of Islam houses the tomb of Muhammad
  • The prophet Muhammad's escape to this city in 622 A.D. marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar
  • Muslims began their calendar on the day Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city
  • In 627 Meccans besieged this city, but new resident Muhammad & his followers saved the day by digging a trench
  • Muhammad promulgated the constitution of this city soon after he fled there from Mecca
  • Mohammed's flight from Mecca ended at this city, considered Islam's 2nd holiest
  • The holiest cities in Islam are Mecca & this
  • To avoid persecution by a tribe called the Quraysh, Muhammad fled from Mecca to this city
  • It can be the old section of an Arab city in north Africa, or the name of the city where Muhammad is entombed

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