Tomb of Eve

Angelo Pesce mentions the site in his book on Jeddah{{Citation | first = Angelo | last = Pesce | title = Jiddah: Portrait of an Arabian city | publisher = Falcon Press | year = 1974 | pages = 126–30}}. and the earliest documented reference to the tomb:

{{Quote | In Hamdani (10th century) who states 'It has been related that Adam was in Mine when he felt a yearning to see Eve... that Eve had come from Juddah, and that he knew her on Arafat. The first one to speak of Eve's tomb as being in Jeddah is Idrisi (mid-12th century). However, Ibn Jubayr (late 12th century), writing from direct experience (unlike Idrisi, he went to Jeddah for the pilgrimage) state that in Jeddah 'is a place having an ancient and lofty dome, which is said to have been the lodging place of Eve . . . when on her way to Mecca... Ibn al-Mujawir (13th century) makes a clear reference to the Tomb of Eve in Jeddah, and so does Ibn Khallikan (13th century).{{Citation | first = Wafayat al-ayan wa anba abna (وفيات الأعيان وأنباء أبناء الزمان) | last = Az-zaman | type = biography | title = Ibn Qalaqis | editor-first = F | editor-last = Wüstenfeld | place = Göttingen | year = 1835–1842 | at = table II, p. 69, n. 772}} (quoted by {{Citation | last = NALLINO | first = CA | title = L'Arabia Saudiana | editor-first = M | editor-last = Nallino | place = Rome | year = 1939 | page = 178 | language = it |trans-title=The Saudi Arabia}}. Ibn Battutah (14th century) ignores the matter altogether. Historians like Tabari, Masudi, and others state that, according to tradition, Eve is buried in Jeddah, but fail to give any detail of her tomb.}}

British Acting Consul S. R. Jordan, writing in early 1926, describes the tomb as follows:{{cite web | url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100084998361.0x0000a5 | title=File 1707/1924 'Arabia:- Jeddah Situation Reports. (1924-1930)' [280r] (564/898) | date=June 2018 }}

{{Quote | It may not be generally known that here is the Tomb of Eve, “ the mother of the world.” The grave is some 200 yards long and some 4 yards wide and has in the middle a small mosque, where formerly, on payment of a few piastres baksheish, the keeper of the edifice would lift a flagstone from the centre of the floor to allow sceptical Christians and pious Moslems an opportunity of admiring the lady’s navel. This tomb, until orders were issued to the contrary, used to be the favourite resort of childless wives and

languishing maidens, but now has been closed under royal irade and anybody frequenting the place is punished.}}

File:Eves-tomb-personal-narrative-of-a-pilgrimage-to-el-medinah-and-mecca.png

Émile-Félix Gautier estimates the length of the tomb to about 130 m.{{Citation | title = Moeurs et coutumes des Musulmans |trans-title=Uses & costumes of the Muslims | place = Paris | year = 1931 | page = 66 | language = fr}}.

The publicist Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah mentions about the dimensions:

{{Quote | Eve must have been a lady of formidable proportions, for the original grave, I was told, was some eight feet long. It was as well, therefore, that she had not survived to welcome us in the flesh, for although it is rumored that we Muslims have an eye for ladies of heroic proportion we draw the line at the titanic. But I was told that the grave had mysteriously extended itself by the time I arrived to its present gigantic proportions.{{Citation | title = Westward to Mecca | place = London | year = 1928 | page = 216}}.}}

Aun Ar-Rafiq (Amir in Hijaz 1882–1905) tried to demolish the tomb, but that caused a public outcry. He then said: "But think you that 'our mother' was so tall? If the stupidity is international, let the tomb stand".{{Citation | last = Rihani | first = Ameen | author-link = Ameen Rihani | title = Around the coasts of Arabia | place = London | year = 1930 | page = 74}}.

However, this is not really surprising as a Hadith 3326 from Sahih al-Bukhari (known as the most authentic collection of hadith) narrated by Abu Hurairah states that Adam was created 60 cubits tall (about 30 meters), and that people in Paradise will look like Adam.https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3326

Eves-tomb-mar-at-al-haramein.png|The tomb of Eve in 1903

Eves-tomb-the-story-of-a-pilgrimage-to-hijaz.png|The tomb of Eve in 1913

Eves-tomb-heart-of-arabia.png|The tomb of Eve in 1922

File:Cemetery of Eve, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (50703480686).jpg|Cemetery of Eve, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in 2020

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• Lawrence, T.E. (1921). Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Chapter VIII.

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• [http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/in-unmarked-saudi-tomb-lies-grandmother-of-everyone In unmarked Saudi tomb lies 'grandmother of everyone']
• [http://www.scta.gov.sa/en/Antiquities-Museums/InternationallyRegisteredSites/Pages/OldJeddah.aspx 'Historic Jeddah' on Saudi Commission on Tourism & Activities]
• [https://archive.today/20130204135450/http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,846731,00.html Time Magazine on Tomb of Eve, Jeddah]
• [https://archive.today/20130131172158/http://www.pressherald.com/archive/pilgrims-search-for-biblical-eve_2008-09-12.html Press Herald: Pilgrims search for biblical Eve]
• [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/303816/Jiddah Encyclopædia Britannica mention Tomb of Eve in Jeddah article]

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