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Mount Arafat

Islamic Heritage / Saudi Arabia / Makkah Region / Makkah (Mecca)

Mount Arafat

The hill on the Plain of Arafat, central to the Hajj.

Photo: Fahad Faisal / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)

Mount Arafat is a hill on the Plain of Arafat, outside Makkah. Pilgrims gather at Arafat on the ninth day of Dhu al-Hijjah during Hajj, a central rite of the pilgrimage.

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