Interactive Map of the Umayyad Caliphate

Interactive map showing the geographical extent of the Ummayyad Caliphate, including significant urban centers from the Iberian Peninsula to the Arabian Peninsula. The map likewise indicates significant historical and religious sites in the Hejaz (modern-day Western Saudi Arabia, including Mecca and Medina), including battle sites like Badr and Khaybar as well as geographical demarcations of the Hajj such as Yalamlam and Dhãt al-'Irq.

This source is part of the Online Companion to the print edition al-Muwaṭṭaʾ, the Royal Moroccan Edition: The Recension of Yaḥyā Ibn Yaḥyā al-Laythī (Harvard Series in Islamic Law), edited and translated by Mohammad Fadel and Connell Monette (PIL/HUP, 2019).

 

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