Mount Uhud, Mountain summit near Medina, Saudi Arabia

Mount Uhud is a mountain north of Medina in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia. It is 1,077 m high and 7.5 km long, running as a chain from east to west and tilting northward. Most of its rock is red granite, with some dark green and black stones, and it has hollows called maharis that trap rainwater, plus caves and fissures up to 1.5 m high and 10 m deep.

A battle took place here in March 625 between Muslim forces from Medina and the Quraysh from Mecca. The defeat of the Muslims shaped early Islamic history and led to strategic changes in the defense of the city.

The mountain's name is explained in three ways: its isolation from other mountains, a man of the Amalekites called Uhud who settled there, or the oneness of God. Visitors can look for the Shaqq, a cleft in the rock where Muhammad is said to have sheltered during the battle, and the nearby Mosque of al-Fasih.

The mountain lies about 4 km from the Prophet's Mosque, bounded by the Universities Road to the north and the Southern Ring Road to the south. Wadi Qanat passes at its western base. The Sayyid Ash-Shuhada Mosque, built in 2017, stands roughly 200 m from the cemetery of the seventy companions.

The mountain's rock is mostly red granite, with some stones tending to dark green and black, and it holds iron in the outer rock and copper in the inner rock. Rainwater collects in hollows called maharis, and caves and fissures reach up to 1.5 m high and 10 m deep.