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Rabigh

رابغ

A coastal town on the pilgrimage road between Medina and Mecca, through which caravans pass between Badr and Khulays; Ibn Battuta mentions it on his way to Mecca.

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Rabigh is a coastal city on the pilgrimage road from Medina and Mecca. Caravans pass through it between Badr and Khulays. Ibn Battuta mentioned it on his way to Mecca. 1

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Expedition of Rabigh

People and things also explored

The Muhajirun· Quraysh· The Prophetic Era· Abu Sufyan ibn Harb· al-Miqdad ibn Amr· Mistah ibn Uthatha· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Ubayda ibn al-Harith

Sources

  1. Rihla of Ibn Battuta (Tuhfat al-nuzzar), Arabic edition 1958
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Rabigh”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/rabigh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The Muhajirun

'The Emigrants' — the Muslims who left Mecca for Abyssinia and then Medina, giving up home and property for the faith; the community's founding layer in the Prophet's city.