Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "al-Ḥijāz" in last modified August 9, 2017, http://syriaca.org/place/2921 al-Ḥijāz الحجاز Ḥijāz A region in western Arabia, containing Mecca and Medina Attestation of name الحجاز in the Kitāb al-buldān of Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī. Attestation of name الحجاز in the Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa of Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah. http://syriaca.org/place/2921 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hejaz https://dbpedia.org/resource/Hejaz The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 220 Kitāb al-buldān Aḥmad ibn Abī Yaʿqūb al-Yaʿqūbī 236 Kitāb al-aʿlāq al-nafīsa Aḥmad ibn ʿUmar Ibn Rustah 60