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==Location== | ==Location== | ||
"Abar" and "Abiyar" are plural forms of "Biʾr" and mean wells.<ref>Farāhīdī, ''Kitāb al-ʿayn'' , vol. 8, p. 290; Ibn Manẓūr, ''Lisān al-ʿArab'', vol. 4, p. 37; Ḥusaynī al-Zabīdī, ''Tāj al-ʿarūs min jawāhir al-qāmūs'', vol. 6, p. 43.</ref> | "Abar" and "Abiyar" are plural forms of "Biʾr" and mean wells.<ref>Farāhīdī, ''Kitāb al-ʿayn'' , vol. 8, p. 290; Ibn Manẓūr, ''Lisān al-ʿArab'', vol. 4, p. 37; Ḥusaynī al-Zabīdī, ''Tāj al-ʿarūs min jawāhir al-qāmūs'', vol. 6, p. 43.</ref> | ||
Abar Ali is the name of an area located 9 kilometers south of the city of [[Medina]], in [[Wadi Aqiq]] and on the western slope of [[Mount Ayr]], which is on the route to [[Mecca]]. This area is the same as the area of [[ | Abar Ali is the name of an area located 9 kilometers south of the city of [[Medina]], in [[Wadi Aqiq]] and on the western slope of [[Mount Ayr]], which is on the route to [[Mecca]]. This area is the same as the area of [[Dhul Hulayfa]], where Masjid al-Shajara, which is the [[Miqat]] (station) for the people of Medina, is located.<ref>Shurrāb, ''Al- maʿālim al-ʾathīra fī al-sunna wa al-sīra'' , p. 103.</ref> | ||
==Today's situation== | ==Today's situation== | ||
Today, in the gardens and farms located to the west of [[Shajara mosque]] on the banks of [[Wadi Aqiq]] (Aqiq River), there remain numerous ancient water wells.<ref>Kaʿakī, '' Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 478-483.</ref> | Today, in the gardens and farms located to the west of [[Shajara mosque]] on the banks of [[Wadi Aqiq]] (Aqiq River), there remain numerous ancient water wells.<ref>Kaʿakī, '' Ma ʿālim al-madina al-munawwara bayn al-ʿMārat wa al-Tārīkh'', vol. 2, p. 478-483.</ref> | ||