Historical Dictionary of IslamArchived 2017-03-07 at the वेबैक मशीन, Ludwig W. Adamec, pp. 125, Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6161-9, ... Hijaz. 'Barrier.' A province in west-central Saudi Arabia in which the holy cities of Mecca and Medina are located. ... Hijaz means “barrier,” named after a range of high mountains, which rises parallel to the Red Sea coast and in the east gradually declines to form the Arabian plateau ...
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Historical Dictionary of IslamArchived 2017-03-07 at the वेबैक मशीन, Ludwig W. Adamec, pp. 125, Scarecrow Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8108-6161-9, ... Hijaz. 'Barrier.' A province in west-central Saudi Arabia in which the holy cities of Mecca and Medina are located. ... Hijaz means “barrier,” named after a range of high mountains, which rises parallel to the Red Sea coast and in the east gradually declines to form the Arabian plateau ...
