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سَافَرْتُ إِلَى بَعْلَبَكَّ.
Translation: I traveled to Baʿlabakk.

إِلَى: preposition.
بَعْلَبَكَّ: genitive noun marked by fatḥa in place of kasra because it is a diptote without the definite article or iḍāfa.

Its fatḥa here marks the genitive, not the accusative.

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Baʿlabakk in the Genitive

Diptote Causes — Compounding and Its Conditions

سَافَرْتُ إِلَى بَعْلَبَكَّ.
Translation: I traveled to Baʿlabakk.

إِلَى: preposition.
بَعْلَبَكَّ: genitive noun marked by fatḥa in place of kasra because it is a diptote without the definite article or iḍāfa.

Its fatḥa here marks the genitive, not the accusative.