Larnaca (Cyprus), Also Kition, Hala Sultan Tekke

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Larnaca (Cyprus)لارنكا

Where Umm Haram, the woman who dreamed of sailing for Allah, is buried.

The Prophet ﷺ once woke smiling and told Umm Haram of believers riding the sea like kings on thrones; she asked to be among them. Years later, in Mu'awiyah's sea campaign to Cyprus around 649, she fell from her mount and died. Her tomb, the Hala Sultan Tekke, stands by the salt lake.

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Umm Haram bint Milhan

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