Uhud Martyrs Square

Uhud Martyrs Square is one of the best-known landmarks that Muslims are keen to visit, for its historical link to the Battle of Uhud, fought in the third year after the Hijra. The square lies 5 kilometres north of the Prophet's Mosque and includes several sites: Sayyid Al Shuhada Mosque, built in Rajab 1438 AH; Mount Rumat (the Archers' Hill), a small hill south of Mount Uhud from whose top the square and its landmarks can be seen; Mount Uhud, one of Madinah's largest mountains, after which the battle is named; and the Martyrs' Cemetery, where seventy Companions who died in the battle are buried. At Mount Uhud the Muslims fought the disbelievers of Quraysh. The Prophet (peace be upon him) took shelter there when the battle turned in favour of the polytheists after the archers left their posts. Seventy Muslims were killed, foremost among them Hamza ibn Abdulmuttalib, the Prophet's uncle (peace be upon him), and Mus'ab ibn Umayr, the Muslims' standard-bearer.

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