Khuzam Palace (Hofuf)
Khuzam Palace (Hofuf)
A fort on the Mazruiyya edge, west Hofuf. Circulating date 1220/1805, early First Saudi hold on al-Ahsa. Told as such, not as a foundation-day plaque.
Plan your visit
Practical information verified separately from the historical record.
Before you go: Check with the operator or a local guide before departure; field access details have not yet been verified.
Why visit?
Keeps Hofuf Khuzam off Jeddah Khuzam and off Qasr Ibrahim.
Khuzam in Hofuf is an edge-fort in al-Mazruiyya on the west, a gate-guard not an audience-house in the oasis middle. Official notices put it about 1220/1805, under Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz after al-Ahsa was taken. That is circulating official dating, not a foundation day here.
It watched the western road and the town gate. Standing fabric is a repair layer, not every 1805 wall. It is not Jeddah's Khuzam, and not Qasr Ibrahim in Hofuf. The pin is exact for the present work.