History

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Image attribution: Diriyahpic — Petrovic-Njegos at English Wikipedia, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diriyahpic.jpg ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ . Renamed locally. CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. Card/hero display may crop to fit; original composition is not retouched. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير؛ قد يقتطع العرض داخل البطاقات أو رأس المقال أطراف الصورة، دون تنقيح محتواها. · License: CC BY 2.5 Generic — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/

Urban history

History of Diriyah

Diriyah developed beside Wadi Hanifah and became the First Saudi State's capital. At-Turaif preserves evidence of its political history and Najdi architecture.

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Image attribution: AlBalad CoralHouses — User:Jpatokal / (WT-shared) Jpatokal at Wikivoyage WTS, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AlBalad_CoralHouses.JPG ; license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . CMS derivative: converted to WebP at quality 85; proportionally resized within 2400 × 2400 without enlargement where needed. Card/hero display may crop to fit; original composition is not retouched. / نسخة CMS: تحويل إلى WebP بجودة 85 وتصغير تناسبي عند الحاجة ضمن 2400 × 2400 دون تكبير؛ قد يقتطع العرض داخل البطاقات أو رأس المقال أطراف الصورة، دون تنقيح محتواها. · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 International — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Urban history

Historic Jeddah

Historic Jeddah, or Al-Balad, is an urban core on the Red Sea shaped by maritime trade and pilgrimage, with houses distinguished by projecting wooden windows.

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Image attribution: Khalili Collections — "A General View of Medina", an early historical photograph from the Hajj and Arts of Pilgrimage collection. Source: Wikimedia Commons (file page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khalili_Collection_Hajj_and_Arts_of_Pilgrimage_arc.pp_0211.09_CROP.jpg), licensed Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO). Modified: scaled to fit a 1920×672 frame on a blurred backdrop, without cropping. / مجموعة خليل (Khalili Collections) — «منظر عام للمدينة المنورة» (A General View of Medina)، صورة فوتوغرافية تاريخية من مجموعة الحج وفنون الحجّ. المصدر: ويكيميديا كومنز (صفحة الملف: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Khalili_Collection_Hajj_and_Arts_of_Pilgrimage_arc.pp_0211.09_CROP.jpg)، رخصة Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO). عُدِّلت: صُغِّرت لتلائم إطار 1920×672 على خلفية مموّهة، دون قصّ. · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

قبل الهجرة النبوية – العهد السعودي

History of Madinah

The history of Madinah is the history of a city in the west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, known before the Prophetic Hijrah as Yathrib and later named Madinah; it is the seat of the Prophet's Mosque and the first capital of the Islamic state. Its history extends from before Islam to the Saudi era, through the building of the Prophet's Mosque and the city's historical landmarks.

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Image attribution: Louis-Nicolas de Lespinasse, "Mecca (La Mecque)", 1787 — pencil, ink, grey wash and watercolour on paper. Source: Wikimedia Commons. License: Public domain. / لويس-نيكولا دي ليسبيناس (Louis-Nicolas de Lespinasse)، «مكة» (La Mecque)، 1787 — رصاص وحبر وغسل رمادي وألوان مائية على ورق. المصدر: ويكيميديا كومنز. الرخصة: ملكية عامة (Public domain). · License: Public domain

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History of Makkah

The history of Makkah is a continuous record from the age of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, and the building of the Holy Kaaba to the Saudi era, embracing antiquities, landmarks, scholars, endowments and services for pilgrims. Its events are spread across the Mamluk era and the Ottoman period, then the educational and regulatory renaissance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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