Al-Marwa

Dhu al-Marwah was a settlement in the Wadi al-Qura country north of Medina, named for a conspicuous white stone. Springs and channels watered its palm groves and gardens. The geographer al-Maqdisi described a fortified town with a ditch and iron gates, abundant dates and a plentiful water channel. Caravans travelling between the Syrian lands and Medina stopped here, though the settlement later declined as the old road fell out of use.