MEDINA

MEDINA, a city of Arabia Deserta, situated two hundred miles north-west of Mecca: in E. long. $40^\{\backslash circ\}\; 35\text{'}$. N. lat. $24^\{\backslash circ\}\; 30\text{'}$.

This is called the city of the prophet, on account of Mahomet's being received and protected by the inhabitants on his flight hither from Mecca, where the Mahometan era commences.