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  "ar": "جدة"
 },
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  "en": "Red Sea port of the Hejaz, the main gateway for pilgrims to Mecca since the time of the caliph Uthman.",
  "ar": "ميناء على البحر الأحمر في الحجاز، وهو البوابة الرئيسة للحجاج إلى مكة منذ عهد الخليفة عثمان."
 },
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 ],
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  "latest": 646.9995277110097
 },
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   "edtf": "0646",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
   "sources": [
    "source/britannica-jeddah-saudi-arabia"
   ],
   "note": "Caliph Uthman made Jeddah the port for pilgrims crossing the Red Sea in 646 (Britannica, Jeddah article)."
  }
 },
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  21.4901,
  39.1862
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   39.1862
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   "geonames": "105343"
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  ],
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   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude Sonnet 5.5; coordinates from GeoNames; descriptive facts to be checked against reference works"
  },
  "founded": {
   "edtf": "0646",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "historical",
   "sources": [
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   ],
   "note": "Caliph Uthman made Jeddah the port for pilgrims crossing the Red Sea in 646 (Britannica, Jeddah article)."
  }
 },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "ميناء على البحر الأحمر في الحجاز. هو البوابة الرئيسة للحجاج إلى [[place/mecca|مكة]] منذ عهد الخليفة [[person/uthman-ibn-affan|عثمان]]. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nالإحداثيات من فهرس GeoNames بدقة الموقع. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/jeddah",
    "lang": "ar",
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    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "A port on the Red Sea in the Hijaz. It has been the main gateway for pilgrims to [[place/mecca|Mecca]] since the time of the caliph [[person/uthman-ibn-affan|Uthman]]. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nThe coordinates are from the GeoNames gazetteer, to the precision of the site. {cite:geonames-gazetteer}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/jeddah",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "حجاز میں بحیرہ احمر پر ایک بندرگاہ۔ خلیفہ [[person/uthman-ibn-affan|عثمان]] کے عہد سے یہ [[place/mecca|مکہ]] جانے والے حجاج کا بڑا دروازہ ہے۔ {cite:geonames-gazetteer}\n\nمحددات جغرافیائی ناموں کی فہرست (جیونیمز) سے لیے گئے ہیں، اور ان کی درستگی مقام کی حد تک ہے۔ {cite:geonames-gazetteer}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/jeddah",
    "lang": "ur",
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 "updated": "2026-10-27",
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   "to": "person/ali-al-jifri",
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  "person/habib-bourguiba",
  "person/malik-ibn-anas",
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