Places

Every place the Koran names, the locations argued for each, the countries they sit in today and the periods that ruled them.

Places named in the Koran · 31

ٱلْأَحْقَافal-Aḥqāf1 verses ٱلْأَرْض ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةal-Arḍ al-Muqaddasa1 verses ٱلْأَيْكَةaṣḥāb al-Ayka4 verses ٱلْبَدْوal-Badw1 verses ٱلْبَيْت ٱلْعَتِيقal-Bayt al-ʿAtīq2 verses ٱلْحِجْرal-Ḥijr1 verses ٱلْجُودِيّal-Jūdī1 verses ٱلْكَعْبَةal-Kaʿba2 verses ٱلْمَدِينَةal-Madīna14 verses ٱلْمَرْوَةal-Marwa1 verses ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلْأَقْصَىal-Masjid al-Aqṣā1 verses ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلْحَرَامal-Masjid al-Ḥarām15 verses ٱلرَّسّaṣḥāb al-Rass2 verses ٱلصَّفَاal-Ṣafā1 verses ٱلْيَمّal-Yamm7 verses عَرَفَاتʿArafāt1 verses بَابِلBābil1 verses بَدْرBadr1 verses بَكَّةBakka0 verses حُنَيْنḤunayn1 verses إِرَمIram1 verses مَدْيَنMadyan10 verses مَجْمَع ٱلْبَحْرَيْنMajmaʿ al-Baḥrayn1 verses مَكَّةMakka0 verses مِصْرMiṣra4 verses · 2 candidate locations مِصْرًاMiṣran1 verses سَبَإSabaʾ2 verses سَيْنَاءṬūr Saynāʾ1 verses سِينِينṬūr Sīnīn1 verses طُوًىṬuwā2 verses يَثْرِبYathrib1 verses

Countries

🇩🇿 Algeria 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇮🇹 Italy 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇱🇾 Libya 🇲🇷 Mauritania 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇴🇲 Oman 🇵🇸 Palestine 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇩 Sudan 🇸🇾 Syria 🇹🇳 Tunisia 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇾🇪 Yemen

Periods

Dates

NumidiaRoman AfricaMauretaniaVandal KingdomByzantine AfricaUmayyad MaghrebRustamidsAghlabidsFatimidsZiridsHammadidsAlmoravidsAlmohadsZayyanidsRegency of AlgiersFrench AlgeriaIndependent Algeria

People

عَاد ʿĀd ٱلرُّوم al-Rūm قُرَيْش Quraysh ثَمُود Thamūd يَأْجُوج وَمَأْجُوج Yaʾjūj wa-Maʾjūj

Locations

📍 Cherchell 📍 Mesra 📍 Tipasa