Is one of the Arab cities located in the Arabian Peninsula, located in the western part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, overlooking the part of the Red Sea coasts, and the city away from the center of the capital Riyadh, a distance of nine hundred and fifty kilometers, and four hundred and twenty kilometers from Medina. The city is the city of economy and tourism in the country, and the total area of about five thousand four hundred and sixty square kilometers, and live by more than three million eight hundred thousand people.
The city dates back to pre-Islamic times, especially in the first millennium BC, where a group of fishermen settled it and took it as a point of their fishing trips.
The diggers found a collection of ancient monuments and inscriptions by a person known as Saket from the Thamud tribe. The inscription indicates the man's request from his gods that his wife cure him of fever. Jeddah was chosen in the Islamic era in the year six hundred and forty-seven by Othman bin Affan to be a port that can be used to reach Mecca.
At that time, the city contained a number of Persian architectural buildings. To this day, it remained one of the most important Islamic cities. It was also controlled by the Umayyads, the Abbasids, Ayyubids, Mamluks, and the Islamic differences were a place to protect the two Holy Mosques and safe places for traders and pilgrims.
Archaeological sites
The wall was built during the reign of Sultan Qansuah al-Ghuri by the Mamluk Prince Hussein al-Kurdi, in order to fortify the areas near the Red Sea from the Portuguese attack. The fence contained many gates, towers and guns as vests for warships. Enter its location in the urban area.
Old Jeddah: was divided into a group of neighborhoods, and the most important of these neighborhoods:
Al-Mazloum neighborhood: The name of this neighborhood is attributed to the injustice inflicted on Abdel-Karim al-Bazranji, where he was killed by the Ottoman government.
Al-Sham neighborhood: There is a warm in the northern part of the inner part of the wall.
Yemen lane: Located in the southern part of the inner part of the wall.
Al-Bahr Al-Bahr: Known for this name because of the presence of many marine installations located in the neighborhood and located in the southwestern part of the city.
Al-Balad Al-Balad: It is a complex of several important commercial markets such as the Corniche and Al-Salihiya markets.
Al Ruwais Al-Ruwais: It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city and is more than one hundred and fifty years old.
