The oasis and its name
Al-Ahsa Oasis lies in the Eastern Province. Its fertile land, palms and springs have earned it the description of the largest palm oasis amid the sands in the world. [1]
Locally called al-Hasa, from hisi, rocky ground under sand that stores rainwater reachable by shallow digging, it is mentioned by Yaqut al-Hamawi in Mu'jam al-Buldan. [1]
Farming
The oasis is the Eastern Province's food basket, known for dates, wheat, fruit and Hasawi rice, which needs the intense summer heat. See date palm cultivation. [1]
Global recognition
The oasis was inscribed on the World Heritage List at the Committee's meeting in Manama on 29 June 2018 as a cultural landscape of human interaction with the environment. In 2020 Guinness World Records named it the largest self-contained oasis in the world, and Al-Ahsa joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. [1]
Related people
- PersonImam Abdulrahman bin Faisal Al SaudImam Abdulrahman bin Faisal Al Saud was the last ruler of the Second Saudi State and the father of King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. He represented his family in negotiations with the Ottoman Empire over the future of Al-Ahsa in 1289 AH, left Riyadh with his family for Kuwait, and the family returned to Riyadh after its recapture in 1319 AH/1902.
- PersonImam Muhammad bin Abdul WahhabImam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab was a Saudi reformer who lived and taught in Diriyah and called for the oneness of God and a return to what the Prophet, peace be upon him, brought; his call became tied to the Saudi family, and from Diriyah the influence of the First Saudi State spread.
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