Nineveh __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text NINEVEH نينوى Not mentioned by name in the Qur'an but according to al-Baizawi it is the city of "a hundred thousand persons, or even more," to whom Jonah was sent. See Qur'an, Surah xxxvii. 147. Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail