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{{Main| Hajar al-Aswad pillar}} | {{Main| Hajar al-Aswad pillar}} | ||
The eastern pillar, known as the pillar of the Black Stone (Rukn al-Hajar al-Aswad), is the starting point of the Tawaf. This pillar is located in the southeast of the [[Ka'ba]].<ref>Azraqī, '' Akhbār Makkah'', Vol. 1, p. 65; Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol.3, p. 236; Ibn Jubayr,''Riḥla Ibn Jubayr'', p. 53.</ref> | The eastern pillar, known as the pillar of the Black Stone (Rukn al-Hajar al-Aswad), is the starting point of the Tawaf. This pillar is located in the southeast of the [[Ka'ba]].<ref>Azraqī, '' Akhbār Makkah'', Vol. 1, p. 65; Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol.3, p. 236; Ibn Jubayr,''Riḥla Ibn Jubayr'', p. 53.</ref> | ||
This corner is situated in the southeast of the | This corner is situated in the southeast of the [[Ka'ba]]. It is the closest corner to the entrance door of the Kaaba and faces the [[Zamzam|Well of Zamzam]]. Opposite Rukn al-Hajar al-Aswad lies the well-known [[Mount Abu Qubais]].<ref>Maqdisī al-Bashārī, '' Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm'', p. 72.</ref> The section of the Kaaba's wall near this corner is called [[Al-Multazam]]. | ||
==The Iraqi Pillar== | ==The Iraqi Pillar== | ||