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(Created page with "'''The pillars of the Ka'ba''' are the four corners of this structure, each facing one of the four cardinal directions: east, west, north, and south. Each corner is called a "Rukun," and they are as follows: the Rukun al-Hajar al-Aswad (eastern), the Rukun al-Shami (western), the Rukun al-Iraqi (northern), and the Rukun al-Yamani (southern). ==Overview== The Ka'ba is a square building with four pillars, each called a "rukn" (pillar), and collectively known as the "a...")
 
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==Iraqi pillar==
==Iraqi pillar==
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The Iraqi Corner (Rukn al-Iraqi) is the second corner of the Ka'ba encountered in the path of the Tawaf.<ref>Baghdādī, ''Marāṣid al-ʾiṭṭlāʿ ʿlā ʾasmāʾi al-amkina wa al-buqāʿ'', vol. 2, p. 629; Fārisī al-Aṣṭakhrī, ''Al-Masālik wa al-mamālik'', p. 16.</ref>
The Iraqi Corner (Rukn al-Iraqi) is the second corner of the Ka'ba encountered in the path of the Tawaf.<ref>Baghdādī, ''Marāṣid al-ʾiṭṭlāʿ ʿlā ʾasmāʾi al-amkina wa al-buqāʿ'', vol. 2, p. 629; Fārisī al-Aṣṭakhrī, ''Al-Masālik wa al-mamālik'', p. 16.</ref>
After the pillar of the Black Stone and before the Syrian pillar, and on the side of the [[Bab al-Umrah]].<ref>Marjānī, '' Bahjat al-nufūs wa al-asrār'', vol. 2, p. 763; Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 3, p. 248; Ibn Baṭūṭa,''Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374.</ref>  
After the pillar of the Black Stone and before the Syrian pillar, and on the side of the [[Bab al-Umrah]].<ref>Marjānī, '' Bahjat al-nufūs wa al-asrār'', vol. 2, p. 763; Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 3, p. 248; Ibn Baṭūṭa,''Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374.</ref>  
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==Yamani pillar==
==Yamani pillar==
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According to the path of Tawaf, the Yamani pillar is recognized as the last and fourth pillar of the Ka'ba, before the Black Stone.<ref>Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī,''Muʿjam al-buldān'', vol. 4, p. 465; Ibn Baṭūṭa,''Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374; Muʿtamid al-Dawlah, '' Safarnāmah-i Farhād Mīrzā'', p. 375.</ref>
According to the path of Tawaf, the Yamani pillar is recognized as the last and fourth pillar of the Ka'ba, before the Black Stone.<ref>Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī,''Muʿjam al-buldān'', vol. 4, p. 465; Ibn Baṭūṭa,''Al-Raḥla Ibn Baṭūṭa'', vol. 1, p. 374; Muʿtamid al-Dawlah, '' Safarnāmah-i Farhād Mīrzā'', p. 375.</ref>
The pillar is located in the south of the Ka'ba and is therefore also known as the southern pillar.<ref>Nāṣir Khusraw, ''Safarnāmah-i Nāṣir Khusraw'', p. 129; Burckhardt, ''Tarḥāl fī al-Jazīrah al-ʿArabīyah'', p. 176; Khalīlī, ''Mawsūʿat al-ʿAtābāt al-Muqaddasah'', vol. 2, p. 333.</ref>  
The pillar is located in the south of the Ka'ba and is therefore also known as the southern pillar.<ref>Nāṣir Khusraw, ''Safarnāmah-i Nāṣir Khusraw'', p. 129; Burckhardt, ''Tarḥāl fī al-Jazīrah al-ʿArabīyah'', p. 176; Khalīlī, ''Mawsūʿat al-ʿAtābāt al-Muqaddasah'', vol. 2, p. 333.</ref>