A reference encyclopedia article on Jannat al-Mualla, the historic cemetery in Mecca holding the grave of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Muhammad's first wife, and other family members. Records that around 75 domed tomb structures stood there before the 1925 to 1926 demolition carried out under Ibn Saud's consolidation of the Hejaz, part of a broader program of religious and urban reform aligned with Wahhabism's opposition to architectural forms that might encourage veneration of graves. Notes continuing Shia commemoration of the demolition and ongoing protest of the Saudi government's position against restoration.
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Reliability TierReference-encyclopedia tier 3; the article itself flags thin sourcing on some details, so it is used here only for the demolition's date, the Khadijah tomb and the approximate seventy-five prior tomb count, not for any figure the article does not itself state plainly. Citation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jannat_al-Mu%27alla 1 Connections
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This source names Khadijah bint Khuwaylid directly: "cemetery in Mecca holding the grave of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid, Muhammad's first wife, and other family members."
Source Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition
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