Wadi al-Qura


Wadi al-Qura is a location and wadi north of Medina in Saudi Arabia, mentioned in early Islamic sources.
The wadi is tentative identified with the modern Wadi al-'Ula.
The Wadi is referenced in many early Islamic texts. Several military expeditions took place there during the time of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. These include:
Recent discoveries of Geonic responsa have shown that there was a Jewish presence in Wadi al-Qura as late as the 11th century CE, and that they maintained correspondence with Rabbi Sherira Gaon and Rabbi Hai Gaon.