Iathrippa

settlement · 1200 BC – 2100 AD

Iathrippa was an oasis settlement along the Incense Road. From the Roman period until the advent of Islam the site was the seat of influential Iudaeo-Arabian tribes. Iathrippa would become an important center of Islam. Muhammad fled here from Mecca in 622 and the site was renamed Al-Madīna. It remained a key center until 656. It is the site of Muhammad's grave and a place of Muslim pilgrimage.

Coordinates

24.46547, 39.61626

Also known as

Athribis, Iatrippa, Iáthrippa, Iatrippa (grc), Lathrippa (grc), Maḥbūbe (ota), Medina (de), Medīne (ota), Yatribu (akk), Yaṯrib, Yatrib, Yathrib (arb), Yes̠rib (ota), al-Madīna an-Nabawīya, el-Medina en-Nabawiye, el-Medina el-Nabawiye, al-Madina an-Nabawiya, al-Madina al-Nabawiya, el-Medinah en-Nabawiyeh, el-Medinah el-Nabawiyeh, al-Madinah an-Nabawiyah, al-Madinah al-Nabawiyah, el-Medina en-Nabawiyye, el-Medina el-Nabawiyye, al-Madina an-Nabawiyya, al-Madina al- (arb), al-Madīna, al-Madina, el-Medina, al-Madinah, el-Medinah (arb), Λαθρίππα (grc), يثرب (ota), Ṭaybet (ota), Ṭābe (ota), Ἰάθριππα (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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