The Quba Mosque, Medina

The Quba Mosque is a mosque located in Medina, in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia, first built in the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the 7th century C.E. It is thought to be the first mosque in the world, established on the first day of Muhammad's emigration to Medina. Its first stone is said to have been laid by the prophet, and the structure completed by his companions. The mosque was subsequently modified across the centuries until the 1980s, when it was completely replaced by a new building that stands today.

According to historical Islamic texts, during the hijrah (migration) of Muhammad from Mecca  to Medina (Yathrib), he stopped in the village of Quba' near Medina. Depending on the sources, he stayed there for 3 to 22 days. Two different accounts of the mosque's foundation exist in relation to this event. In one, Muhammad founded the mosque himself, though there are varying explanations for how the site was chosen: it was either a mirbad (place for drying dates) that belonged to Muhammad's host, Kulthum, or it was the place where a woman named Labba had tethered her donkey. Another version, probably a later legend inspired by the foundation story of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, tells that Muhammad made Ali get on a camel and then built the mosque where the camel went. Muhammad is said to have laid the first stone himself, with the next ones laid by Abu Bakr,

Umar and Uthman. He is also said to have visited the mosque every Saturday afterwards and conducted religious service there. In another account, the mosque had been built prior to Muhammad's arrival by the first Muslim emigrants from Mecca and some of the Ansar of Medina. Muhammad then prayed in the mosque with them.

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Madinah al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia

Medina, officially al-Madinah al-Munawwarah also known as Taybah and known in pre-Islamic times as Yathrib is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz Region of western Saudi Arabia. It is one of the oldest and most important places in Islamic history. The second holiest city in Islam, the population as of 2022 is 1,411,599, making it the fourth-most populous city in the country. Around 58.5% of the population are Saudi citizens and 41.5% are foreigners. Located at the core of the Medina Province in the western reaches of the country, the city is distributed over 589 km² (227 sq mi), of which 293 km² (113 sq mi) constitutes the city's urban area, while the rest is occupied by the Hejaz Mountains, empty valleys, agricultural spaces and older dormant volcanoes.

Medina is generally considered to be the "cradle of Islamic culture and civilization". The city is considered to be the second-holiest of three key cities in Islamic tradition, with Makkah and Jerusalem serving as the holiest and third-holiest cities respectively. Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (lit. 'The Prophet's Mosque') is of exceptional importance in Islam and serves as burial site of the prophet Muhammad, by whom the mosque was built in 622 CE (first year of the Hijrah). Observant Muslims usually visit his tomb, or rawdhah, at least once in their lifetime during a pilgrimage known as Zirayat, although this is not obligatory. The original name of the city before the advent of Islam was Yathrib and it is referred to by this name in Chapter 33 (Al-Ahzab, lit. 'The Confederates') of the Quran. It was renamed to Madinat an-Nabi (lit. 'City of the Prophet' or 'The Prophet's City') after and later to al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (lit. 'The Enlightened City') before being simplified and shortened to its modern name, Madinah (lit. 'The City'), from which the English-language spelling of "Medina" is derived. Saudi road signage uses Madinah and al-Madinah al-Munawwarah interchangeably.

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The Date Palms

Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across Northern Africa, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, Australia, South Asia and the desert regions of Southern California in the United States. It is naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. P. dactylifera is the type species of genus Phoenix, which contains 12–19 species of wild date palms.

Date palms reach up to 60–110 feet in height, growing singly or forming a clump with several stems from a single root system. Slow-growing, they can reach over 100 years of age when maintained properly. Date fruits (dates) are oval-cylindrical, 3 to 7 centimetres (1 to 3 inches) long, and about 2.5 cm (1 in) in diameter, with colour ranging from dark brown to bright red or yellow, depending on variety. Containing 61–68 percent sugar by mass when dried, dates are consumed as sweet snacks on their own or with confections.

There is archaeological evidence of date cultivation in Arabia from the 6th millennium BCE.  Dates are "emblematic of oasis agriculture and highly symbolic in Muslim, Christian, and Jewish religions”.

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The Camel

A camel is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. Camels have long been domesticated and, as livestock, they provide food (camel milk and meat) and textiles (fiber and felt from camel hair). Camels are working animals especially suited to their desert habitat and are a vital means of transport for passengers and cargo. There are three surviving species of camel. The one-humped dromedary makes up 94% of the world's camel population, and the two-humped Bactrian camel makes up 6%. The wild Bactrian camel is a distinct species that is not ancestral to the domestic Bactrian camel, and is now critically endangered, with fewer than 1,000 individuals.

The word camel is also used informally in a wider sense, where the more correct term is "camelid", to include all seven species of the family Camelidae : the true camels (the above three species), along with the "New World" camelids: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuna, which belong to the separate tribe Lamini. Camelids originated in North America during the Eocene, with the ancestor of modern camels, Paracamelus, migrating across the Bering land bridge into Asia during the late Miocene, around 6 million years ago.

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The Indonesian Embassy in New Delhi

The Indonesian Embassy in New Delhi (Indonesian Embassy in New Delhi) is the diplomatic mission of Indonesia to the Republic of India and also serves as Indonesia's representative to the Kingdom of Bhutan.  Another Indonesian diplomatic office in India is a Consulate General in Mumbai. The current ambassador is Ina Haganingyas Krishnamurthy who was appointed by President Joko Widodo on 17 November 2021.

Indian–Indonesia relations refer to the bilateral relations between India and Indonesia. India and Indonesia are neighbouring countries . India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Indonesia in the Andaman Sea . Relations between the two countries are also almost two thousand years old.

In 1950, Indonesia's first President Sukarno called on the people of Indonesia and India to "intensify the cordial relations" that had existed between the two countries "for more than a thousand years" before they were "interrupted" by colonial powers .  India has an embassy in Jakarta  and Indonesia operates an embassy in Delhi. 

The Embassy of The Republic of Indonesia in New Delhi                      50-A Kautilya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 India               Mail : newdelhi.kbri@kemlu.go.id

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Singapore City

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres or 85 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north.

In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as Temasek; subsequently, it was part of a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raflles established Singapore as an entrepot trading post of the British Empire. In 1867, Singapore came under the direct control of Britain as part of the Straits Settlements. During World War II, Singapore was occupied by Japan in 1942 and returned to British control as a Crown colony following Japan's surrender in 1945. Singapore gained self-governance in 1959 and, in 1963, became part of the new federation of Malaysia, alongside Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak. Ideologi diffenerences

 led to Singapore's expulsion from the federation two years later; Singapore became an independent sovereign country in 1965. After early
years of turbulence and despite lacking natural resources and a hinterland, the nation rapidly developed to become one of the four Asian Tigers.

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