Hunayn
Ḥunayn (Arabic: حُنَین) is a valley in northeast of Mecca, between Wadi l-Sharayi' and Wadi Yad'an.[1] This area is located 10 miles away from Mecca.[2]
After the Conquest of Mecca in 8/629, there happens a battle between the Holy Prophet (s) and pagans which is well known as the Battle of Hunayn.
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- Fu'ad Hamza. Qalb jazira al-'arab. Riyadh: 1352/1933
- Bakri, 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-'Aziz. Mu'jam ma ista'jam min asma' al-bilad wa al-mawadi' . Beirut: Mustafa Saqqa, 1403/1983
