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Historical Heritage

Historical Sites

446 documented sites across the Arabian Peninsula

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Al-Shafi'i Mosque

Makkah Region — Saudi Arabia

The old Friday mosque in Harat al-Mazlum, Historic Jeddah. The minaret is dated to the 7th/13th century. Attribution to Umar ibn al-Khattab is common tradition, not a published foundation text.

Palace / fortress

Zaabal Castle

Sakaka — Al-Jawf Region — Saudi Arabia

A fort on a crag north of Sakaka, watching the Syria–Iraq corridor. Early pottery in al-Jawf is a layer; the standing work is a late Islamic–Najdi keep rebuilt for watch, not a Nabataean temple.

Palace / fortress

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Shamsan Fort

Abha — Asir Region — Saudi Arabia

A stone fort on Jabal Shamsan at about 2200 m, some 5389 m², Abha’s northern gate from Aqabat Shi'ar. Standing design is early fourteenth-century AH; repaired 1352 and 1442.

Hajj route

Mughitha al-Mawan

Madinah Region — Saudi Arabia

A station on the Kufan Hajj road between Ma'din al-Nuqra and al-Rabadha, matched in the field to al-Saqa'a: a square cistern with a settling basin, a round cistern, wells, and the footings of a qasr and mosque as Waki' described.

Hajj route

Mount Arafat

Mecca — Makkah Region — Saudi Arabia

Jabal al-Rahmah in the mash'ar of Arafat, east of Makkah, about 372 m. Standing at Arafat on the 9th is the rukn of Hajj; the Farewell Khutbah belongs to the mash'ar, not to the summit alone.

Religious

Al-Sarif

Makkah Region — Saudi Arabia

A place on the Madinah–Makkah road, some ten miles northwest of Makkah, between Marr al-Zahran and the Haram. The Prophet married Maymuna here in the Umra of 7 AH; she died here in 51 AH and was buried where she had asked.

Old village / city

Qasr Ibn Uqayyil

Ar Rass — Qassim Region — Saudi Arabia

A mud-brick settlement on the south bank of Wadi al-Rummah, some 12 km west of al-Rass. In 1322/1904 Abd al-Aziz held it; Ibn Rashid shelled its roshan, then the Ottoman–Jabal camp broke in the wadi.

Hajj route

al-Hajir

Hail Region — Saudi Arabia

A Darb Zubaydah manzil between Sumayra and Ma'din al-Nuqra. Water is mentioned in the road-books in general. The pin is an area, not a point; Fayd photographs are not used under this name.

Archaeological

Al-Abla Mining Site

Asir Region — Saudi Arabia

A mining and settlement site on a pale mountain at the head of Wadi Ranyah, Bisha: a pre-Islamic market, gold and copper workings (some shafts to 75 m), and some 300 rectangular units. A research landscape, not an open trail.

Palace / fortress

Najran Emirate Palace

Najran Region — Saudi Arabia

Najran Emirate Palace — a palace / fortress in Saudi Arabia.

Old village / city

Al-Qassar Village

Saudi Arabia

A historic coral-stone agrarian settlement on Farasan, recorded by the Heritage Commission as Qaryat al-Qassar. It is a village fabric, distinct from Bayt al-Rifai and from the archipelago-level record.

Old village / city

Al-Basta District

Abha — Asir Region — Saudi Arabia

An old Abha quarter on the wadi: a plaza, forts and Asiri houses older than the modern grid. The 1921 photograph is of Abha, not of al-Basta’s façades.

Old village / city

Al-Mald Village

Al-Bahah Region — Saudi Arabia

Al-Mald Village — a old village / city in Saudi Arabia.

Local heritage

Al-Bassam House

Unaizah — Qassim Region — Saudi Arabia

Al-Bassam House — a local heritage in Unaizah.

Battlefield

Wadi Fakhkh

Mecca — Makkah Region — Saudi Arabia

Wadi Fakhkh — a battlefield in Mecca.

Old village / city

Makkah

Mecca — Makkah Region — Saudi Arabia

Makkah — a old village / city in Mecca.

Archaeological

Al-Shuwayhitiyah Site

Sakaka — Al-Jawf Region — Saudi Arabia

Al-Shuwayhitiyah Site — a archaeological in Sakaka.

Archaeological

Qurayyah Site

Tabuk — Tabuk Region — Saudi Arabia

Qurayyah Site — a archaeological in Tabuk.

Archaeological

Ain Qannas and Dosariyah

Al-Ahsa — Eastern Region — Saudi Arabia

Ain Qannas and Dosariyah — a archaeological in Al-Ahsa.

Archaeological

Al-Magar Site

Riyadh Region — Saudi Arabia

Al-Magar Site — a archaeological in Saudi Arabia.

Battlefield

Al-Raji'

Makkah Region — Saudi Arabia

A Hudhayl watering on the Makkah to Madinah road, named in the sira for the 4 AH / 625 expedition. The well itself is not fixed to a surveyed point. Images show Usfan fort, not the well.

Battlefield

Bi'r Ma'unah

Qassim Region — Saudi Arabia

In 4 AH/625 some seventy reciters, sent as teachers into Najd, were betrayed at Bi’r Ma‘unah. The Prophet made qunut for a month. The pin is frankly approximate.

Battlefield

Wadi Hunayn

Taif — Makkah Region — Saudi Arabia

Days after the conquest of Makkah in 8 AH/630, Muslims met Hawazin and Thaqif in Wadi Hunayn — ambush, stand, victory; named in the Qur’an, then Awtas, Taif and Ji‘ranah.

Religious

Umm Ma'bad's Tent

Makkah Region — Saudi Arabia

Umm Ma'bad's Tent — a religious in Saudi Arabia.