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tomb of Umm al-Dardāʾ (building): "near Damascus, perhaps the same as the tomb of Abū l-Dardāʾ"
tomb of Umm Ḥabība (building): A place
tomb of ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān (building): A place
tomb of Wāthila b. al-Asqaʿ (building): "near Damascus"
tomb of Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib (building): "at Tustar (Shushtar)"
tomb of al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām (building): "near al-Baṣra"
Tombs of the caliphs (building): tombs of the Abbasid caliphs at Baghdad
Tombs of the Patriarchs (building): at Hebron
Tower of Babel (building): a tower built after the Great Flood, mentioned in Genesis 9
Tower of King David (building): in Jerusalem
Tower of the Celibates (building): A place
Trilithoi (building): at Baʿlabakk
turba of Lot (building): "at Hebron"
Turret of Balaam (building): A ruined building in Bālis on the Euphrates
twenty sepulchres of Disciples (building): in Medon/Meron, Palestine
al-ʿUkayrī (building): "ship at Qandahār in Gujarat "
unnamed column (building): column against which Jesus was flagellated
unnamed column (building): A column near Tyre where pilgrims were reportedly murdered
unnamed column (building): where Jesus was flagellated (mentioned in John 19:1, Mark 15:15, and Matthew 27:26).
Water gate (building): at Antioch
Water gate (building): at Edessa
Well of Abraham (building): in Asklelon
Western Wall (building): an ancient wall in the Old City of Jerusalem
White Bridge (building): near the eastern gate of Damascus
White Tower (building): The White Tower (manāra) near the eastern gate of Damascus
Wooden Gate (building): A gate of Constantinople
Xērolophon (building): at Constantinople
Xyllas palace (building): A place
al-Ẓāhir (building): "location near Mecca"
al-Zawrāʾ (building): A palace built by al-Nuʿmān b. al-Mundhir in al-Ḥīra
al-Zawrāʾ (building): The home of ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān
  • campsite
  • al-Ahwāb (campsite): "roadstead in the Yaman"
    al-Ajfur (campsite): "station on the ʿIrāq pilgrim route"
    Awu (campsite): "post-station near Dihlī"
    al-Ḥadda (campsite): A stopping-point between Judda and Mecca
    al-Hadhīb (campsite): "water-point near Wāsiṭ"
    Hadiyya (campsite): "water-point in the Hijāz"
    al-Ḥājir (campsite): "water-point from al-Madīna towards ʿIrāq"
    Hanawl (campsite): "unlocated post-station"
    Ḥāsik (campsite): "roadstead of southern Arabia"
    Haytham (campsite): On the road from Mecca to Kufa
    Hīlu (campsite): "post-station near Dihlī"
    al-Ḥufayr (campsite): A stopping point for the Hajj between Dhī al-Ḥulayfa and Malal
    Ḥumaythirā (campsite): The site of al-Shadhili's tomb in upper Egypt
    al-Jadīd (campsite): "waterpoint among the Bujāh"
    Kajarrā (campsite): "(possibly Khajuraho)"
    al-Khuzaymiyya (campsite): stopping-point on the ʿIrāq pilgrim route
    Kushki Zar (campsite): "on the way to Maʿbar"
    al-Masājid (campsite): "waterpoint towards al-Najaf"
    Mawrī (campsite): "(unidentified post-station)"
    al-Mushayrib (campsite): "stage near al-Baṣra"
    al-Muṭaylib (campsite): "Egyptian road-station towards Palestine"
    al-Naqira (campsite): "water-point on the Darb Zubayda"
    Nūqāt (campsite): A stopping-place in Sijistān
    al-Qārūra (campsite): "stage between al-Madīna and ʿIrāq"
    Raʾs Dawāʾir (campsite): "a roadstead in the Sudan"
    al-Rawḥāʾ (campsite): "encampment in Ḥijāz"
    Samīrāʾ (campsite): "location on the Darb Zubaida"
    al-Sawāda (campsite): "Egyptian frontier station"
    al-Shuqūq (campsite): "stage on the pilgrim route from ʿIrāq"
    Ṣūr (campsite): "roadstead in ʿOmān"
    Tabūk (campsite): "station on pilgrimage route"
    al-Tanānīr (campsite): "waterpoint towards al-Najaf"
    al-Thaʿlabiyya (campsite): "station on the ʿIrāq pilgrim route"
    al-Thaniyya (campsite): "camping-ground near al-Karak"
    al-ʿUlā (campsite): "station in Arabia,"
    al-ʿUsayla (campsite): "station from al-Madīna towards ʿIrāq"
    Wāqiṣa (campsite): "waterpoint towards al-Najaf"
    al-Warrāda (campsite): "Egyptian road-station"
    Wazīr-būr (campsite): "(unlocated post-station)"
    Zarūd (campsite): "stopping-place on the ʿIrāq pilgrim route"
    Zumāla (campsite): "waterpoint towards al-Najaf"
  • canal
  • Dujayl (canal): "canal near Baghdād"
    Dujayl (canal): of Ahwaz
    al-Hanī (canal): a canal near al-Raqqa
    Khalīj Amīr al-Muʾminīn (canal): A canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea, allegedly constructed by ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb
    al-Marī (canal): a canal near al-Raqqa
    al-Muwaffaqī (canal): A canal dug by al-Muwaffaq b. al-Mutawakkil
    Nahr Bashshār (canal): A canal between Basra and Ubulla
    al-Qāṭūl (canal): A canal near Sāmarrā
    al-Qāṭūl al-Ṣaghīr (canal): canal near Samarra
    al-Sīb (canal): A canal in al-Basra
  • cave
  • Carnaym (cave): A cave near the Dead Sea to which Balaam the son of Beor was believed to have been taken for the biblical episode of cursing Israel
    Catacombs of King Tarmal Galsin (cave): at Rome
    Cave of Bābā Ṭāhir (cave): "in Ceylon"
    Cave of Blood (cave): "A cave on Mount Qasioun, near Damascus, associated with the biblical Cain and Abel"
    cave of Elijah (cave): on Mount Carmel
    Cave of Hunger (cave): A cave on Mount Qasioun, near Damascus
    cave of al-Khiḍr (cave): "at Adam’s Peak, in Ceylon"
    Cave of al-Sabīk (cave): "in Ceylon"
    Cave of the Prophet (cave): outside Mecca
    Cave of the Virgin (cave): near Pilgrim Castle
    Damun (cave): A cave near I‘billin believed by some to be the tomb of Dhu’l-Kifl.
    grotto of al-Iṣfahānī (cave): "at Adam’s Peak"
  • cemetery
  • Baqīʿ al-Gharqad (cemetery): A cemetery in Medina
    Cemetery at the Maʿlā Gate (cemetery): at Mecca
    cemetery (cemetery): Outside Damascus to the north
    cemetery (cemetery): Beside the East Gate of Damascus
    Maqābir al-Maʿāfir (cemetery): A cemetery in Egypt
    Qarāfa (cemetery): "(cemetery at Cairo)"

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