Al-Adl cemetery | |
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Established | 1926 |
Location | Majid street,
Mecca |
Country | Saudi Arabia |
Coordinates | 21°26′20″N 39°51′11″E / 21.439°N 39.853°E |
Owned by | State |
Size | 50,000 square meters |
Find a Grave | Al-Adl cemetery |
The Al-Adl cemetery ( Arabic: مقبرة العدل, romanized: Maqbarat al-‘Adl, lit. 'Cemetery of Divine Justice') is one of the earliest and largest of the six cemeteries in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [1] It is the second substantial cemetery in the city.
The graveyard was opened in 1926 and covers around 50,000 square metres. [2] The cemetery is on Majed Street, [3] near Masjid Al Haram. [4] [5] The cemetery is also near the headquarters of the Mecca governorate that is at east side. [2]
Many eminent Saudi royals were interred in the al-Adl cemetery, [6] including Prince Nayef, [7] Prince Mansour, [2] Prince Mishari, [5] Prince Majid, [5] Prince Fawwaz, [8] Prince Sattam, [9] Prince Abdullah bin Faisal Al Saud, [2] Prince Fahd bin Saud and Prince Saud bin Faisal.
In addition to Saudi royals, other senior figures, including Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baaz and Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen, were buried in the graveyard. [5] Additionally, the cemetery has been used for the burials of the imams of Masjid Al Haram. [2]