Haram boundary
حدود الحرمThe edge of the sacred precinct around Makkah, marked on the ground by boundary markers, which the ihram rules and the restriction of entry to Muslims both follow. Madinah has its own Haram with its own boundary. The line is religious and geographic and says nothing about who may own property, because the ownership zones are drawn separately by Cabinet decision. Several projects on this site are inside the precinct and outside every zone.
Also called the sacred precinct and Haram limits
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The Makkah Precinct Crossings. The sacred precinct and the designated ownership zones are separate boundaries, and a property can be inside one and outside the other.
Where you meet it
- What a zone is, legallyWhere foreigners can buy in Makkah and Madinah
- Zone (geographic scope)
- Every project, in and out of the zones
Related words
- Haram (Al-Masjid al-Haram)
- The Grand Mosque (Al-Masjid al-Haram), which surrounds the Kaaba in Makkah.
- Zone (geographic scope)
- A mapped area inside which non-Saudis may buy real estate or real rights, and in Makkah and Madinah the only places they can.
Sources
Reported by بوابة تعظيم البلد الحرام
بوابة تعظيم البلد الحرام — حدود الحرم المكّي الشريف
The boundary of the sacred precinct of Makkah (the Haram) runs along the rainwater divide on the surrounding ridges and is marked on the ground by boundary markers; the nearest marker is at Al-Tan‘eem to the north, about 5.2 km from the Kaaba, and the farthest is on Jabal al-Muwashshah on the western boundary, about 21.2 km away.
Where each fact above comes from, with the source’s own date where it gives one.