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al-Shawt

الشوط

A site near Madinah, between Madinah and Uhud on the road out to Uhud, where some of the Ansar lived and where there was a fortified tower known as al-Shar'i. Near it 'Abd Allah ibn Ubayy withdrew with about a third of the army on the day of Uhud (al-Samhudi, pp. 177, 211 and 296; Ibn Hisham, vol. 1 part 2, p. 23).

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al-Shawt: a place near Medina, between it and Uhud, on the road out to Uhud. People of the Ansar lived there, and in it is a fortified tower known as al-Shar'i. 1

The day of Uhud

At al-Shawt, Abd Allah ibn Ubayy withdrew with about a third of the army on the day of Uhud, according to al-Samhudi and Ibn Hisham. 2 3

Its location has not yet been fixed by coordinates, and the page numbers in the entry need checking against the scans.

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  1. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p.177
  2. Wafa al-Wafa bi-akhbar dar al-Mustafa — al-Samhudi (older print) , p.211
  3. Sira — Ibn Hisham (Wustenfeld edition, 1858-60) , p.23
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Shawt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/al-shawt/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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