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Zamzam Well

بئر زمزم

The well inside the Great Mosque of Mecca from which pilgrims drink; tied in Muslim memory to Hagar and Ishmael.

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Sacred space and pilgrimage

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The well inside the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, from which pilgrims and those performing the lesser pilgrimage drink; in Islamic memory it is linked to the story of Hajar and Isma'il. 1

People and things also explored

al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)· Dar al-Nadwa· Dhu al-Khalasa (the 'Ka'ba of Yemen')· The Kaaba· Mahmal· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· The burial of the Prophet

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islam.museum contributors. “Zamzam Well”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/bir-zamzam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)

The church Abraha built in Yemen to divert the Arabs’ pilgrimage from Mecca — the ambition that led to the elephant campaign. Al-Hamdani's native tradition names it, with Ghumdan, the twin monument of Sana'a and ascribes its building to Bilqis.