Hejaz

**Hejaz** be a historical region of de Arabian Peninsula wey dey include de majority of de western region of Saudi Arabia, wey dey cover de cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif den Al-Bahah. E be thus known as de "Western Province", wey e be bordered insyd de west by de Red Sea, insyd de north by Jordan den de Gulf of Suez, insyd de east by de Najd, den insyd de south by Yemen. Ein largest city be Jeddah, wich be de second-largest city insyd Saudi Arabia, plus Mecca den Medina, respectively, e be de third- den fourth-largest cities insyd de country.

As de location of de holy cities of Mecca den Medina, respectively de first den second holiest sites insyd Islam, de Hejaz be significant insyd de Arabo-Islamic historical den political landscape. Dis region be de most populated insyd Saudi Arabia, wey Arabic be de predominant language, as insyd de rest of Saudi Arabia, wey Hejazi Arabic be de most widely spoken dialect hie. Sam Hejazis be of ethnically diverse origins, although de vast majority be of Arab origin.

## Etymology

Dem derive de name of de region from a verb *ḥajaza* (), from de Arabic root *ḥ-j-z* (), wey dey mean "to separate", wey e be so called as e dey separate de land of de Najd insyd de east from de land of Tihāmah insyd de west.

## Demographics

De Hejaz be de most populated region insyd Saudi Arabia, wey dey contain 35% of de population of Saudi Arabia. Chaw people of Hejaz be Sunnis plus a Shia minority insyd de cities of Medina, Mecca den Jeddah.

## Geography

File:1قرية_ذي_عين.jpg|The village of Dhi 'Ain in Al-Bahah Province
File:Taif_Mountains_(8355942584).jpg|Mountains near At-Ta'if, 2012
File:جبل_أحد.jpg|Mount Uhud insyd de area of Medina
File:Harrat_Khaybar_Space.jpg|Harrat Khaybar, as seen from de International Space Station


### Cities
Al Bahah Region:

* Al-Bāḥah

Medina:

* *Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah* (Medina)
* Badr
* *Yanbuʿ al-Baḥr* (Yanbu)

Mecca Province:

* Aṭ-Ṭāʾif
* *Jiddah* (Jeddah)
* *Makkah* (Mecca)
* Rābigh

Tabuk Region:

* Tabūk
* Umluj

File:DL1W7080.jpg|De old city of Jeddah on de coast of de Tihamah
File:Albaha.JPG|Al-Bahah City, wey locate  above sea level


## Notable people

* Salih of Thamud
* Shuaib of Midian

### Al-Abwa'

* Musa al-Kazim ibn Jaʿfar al-Sadiq, descendant of Muhammad

### Mecca

#### Pre–6th century CE

* Qusai ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn An-Nadr ibn Kinanah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Ma'add ibn Adnan de descendant of Isma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn Azar ibn Nahor ibn Serug ibn Reu ibn Peleg ibn Eber ibn Shelakh, Chief of de Tribe of Quraysh, den an ancestor of Muhammad
* Qusai ein son Abd-al-Dar de poppie of Uthman de poppie of Abdul-Uzza de poppie of Barrah de maternal grandmommie of Muhammad
* Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, paternal ancestor of Muhammad
* Abdul-Uzza, son of Qusai, den an ancestor of Barrah bint Abdul-Uzza
* Hashim, son of Abd Manaf, paternal great-grandpoppie of Muhammad, den de progenitor of Banu Hashim insyd de tribe of Quraysh
* Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim, paternal grandpoppie of Muhammad
* Hubbah bint Hulail ibn Hubshiyyah ibn Salul ibn Kaʿb ibn Amr al-Khuzaʿi, wifey of Qusai, den an ancestor of Muhammad
* Atikah bint Murrah ibn Hilal ibn Falij ibn Dhakwan, wife of Abd Manaf, den an ancestor of Muhammad

#### Since

* Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim
* Abu Bakr Abdullah ibn Uthman Abu Quhafah ibn Amir ibn Amr ibn Ka'b ibn Sa'd ibn Taym ibn Murrah ibn Ka'b, father-in-law of Muhammad, den Caliph
* Umar ibn Al-Khattab ibn Nufayl ibn Abdul-Uzza de descendant of Adi ibn Ka'b ibn Lu'ayy, father-in-law of Muhammad, den Caliph
* Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin den son-in-law of Muhammad, den Caliph
* Hamzah, son of Abdul-Muttalib, den a paternal uncle of Muhammad, den oda *Muhajirun* anaa Makkan followers of Muhammad, wey dey include Ubaydah den Sa'd
* Abu Talib, son of Abdul-Muttalib, chief of Banu Hashim, paternal uncle of Muhammad, den de poppie of Ali
* Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, Chief of Bani Hashim, den de paternal grandpoppie of Muhammad
* Khadija bint Khuwaylid ibn Asad ibn Abdul-Uzza ibn Qusai, den oda Meccan wifeys of Muhammad
* Fatimah, oda daughters of Muhammad, den oda Muhajir women
* Umm Ammar Sumayyah bint Khayyat, wifey of Yasir ibn Amir ibn Malik al-Ansi, dem believe to be de first martyr from de followers of Muhammad
* Aminah bint Wahb ibn Abd Manaf ibn Zuhrah ibn Kilab ibn Murrah, wifey of Abdullah, den de mommie of Muhammad

### Medina

#### Pre–6th century CE

* Salmah, daughter of Amr, wifey of Hashim, den a great-grandmommie of Muhammad

#### Since

* Caliph Al-Hasan, den oda sons of Ali den grandsons of Muhammad dem born insyd Medina
* Caliph Umar ibn Abdul-Aziz ibn Marwan ibn Al-Hakam ibn Abi al-'As ibn Umayyah ibn Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, great-grandson of Umar ibn Al-Khattab
* Al-Hasan of Basra
* Muhammad al-Baqir ibn Ali Zaynul-Abidin, grandson of Hasan den Husayn de grandsons of Muhammad
* Zayd ibn Ali Zaynul-Abidin ibn Husayn ibn Fatimah bint Muhammad, half-bro of Muhammad al-Baqir
* Ansari women
* Ja'far al-Sadiq ibn Muhammad al-Baqir
* Malik de son of Anas ibn Malik ibn Abi Amir al-Asbahi (no be Anas de companion of Muhammad)
* Ali al-Rida ibn Musa al-Kadhim ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
* Fatima bint Musa ibn Ja'far al-Maʿsumah of Qum, sisto of Ali al-Ridha
* Abu Ali Muhammad al-Jawad ibn Ali al-Ridha

### Ta'if

#### 6th–7th centuries CE

* Uthman ibn Affan ibn Abu al-'As ibn Umayyah ibn Abd Shams ibn Abd Manaf, son-in-law of Muhammad, den Caliph
* Urwah ibn Mas'ud, chief of Banu Thaqif
* Nafi ibn al-Harith, physician

#### Since

* Sharif Ali ibn Ajlan ibn Rumaithah ibn Muhammad, son-in-law den successor of Sultan Ahmad of Brunei, poppie of Sultan Sulaiman, den a descendant of Muhammad

## References


## Read further
*  PBK, first edition: 1987.

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