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Yathrib

/ ˈjæθrɪb /

noun

  1. See Medina
    the ancient Arabic name for Medina


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Hardly, however, had he proceeded further, when he received the sad intelligence that the people of Yathrib had killed his son.

In consequence of another war between the same tribes, the Jews again rose to importance in Yathrib.

About this time the Jews of Yathrib fell into strife with the neighboring tribes of Arabia.

He encamped near Yathrib, and invited the Jewish chiefs to visit him.

On the way he fell in with some pilgrims from Yathrib, or Medina, and to them he unfolded his revelations.

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