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LIST OF PLACES Baitul-Muqaddas Lit. the Sacred House. A title of the ancient Temple of Solomon which is the third holiest site in Islam-al-Aqsa Mosque. Firozpur is a city in the Indian state of Punjab, known for its historical signif- icance and proximity to the India-Pa- kistan border. Hijaz, a historical region in western Ara- bia (now Saudi Arabia), was home to the descendants of Ishmael and Mid- ian, a son of Abraham. It became the religious and political center of Islam. After the Fall of Mecca, the tribes of Hawazin and Thaqif attacked the Muslims at the Battle of Hunain, where despite an initial setback, the Muslim forces ultimately prevailed. Lahore is a city the Pakistani province of Punjab. Makkah The ancient Arabian city of the Holy Prophet Muhammad's sas birth, settled by Prophet Ibrāhīmas, and home to the Ka'bah, the holiest site in Islam. Madinah The ancient Arabian city to which the Holy Prophetsas emigrated from Makkah. Home to al-Masjid an-Nabawi and the tomb of the Holy Prophetsas, the second holiest site in Islam. Mount Radwa is a mountain near Madi- nah in the Hijaz region of present-day Saudi Arabia. Moradabad is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh Peshawar is a city in the north west of Pakistan in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Qadian is a town in the Gurdaspur dis- trict of Punjab, India, birthplace of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Samarqand (also Samarkand) is a city in present-day Uzbekistan, one of Cen- tral Asia's oldest cities. The Promised Messiah's family was of Persian ori- gin and settled there before migrat- ing to India. In the first half of the 16th century, his ancestor Mirza Hadi Baig moved from Samarqand to East- ern Punjab with several hundred fol- lowers, where he founded the settle- ment that would later become known as Qadian. Ta'if is a small town about sixty miles southeast of Makkah, known for its agriculture and fruit production. When Prophet Muhammadsas sought refuge and support there in 619 CE af- ter facing persecution in Makkah, the leaders of Ta'if rejected him and