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when AL-Ula emerged at the beginning of the 7th
century A H. as a main city in the area after the olis appcarance Qarh the city
of Wadi AL-Qura , it was under the rul of The ayyobans in Damascus .
In the 18 the AD . it was submitted to the Othmanyan and in
the 19th sentury AD. it belnged to AL- Madinah governrat . Then , it
belonged to Hail untl 1409 AH. then it belonged to Madinah again .
After Abdul Aziz became a king on the Hijaz in 1344 AH.- 1926AD. the
peopele of AL-Ula send a message to support Abdul Aziz as aruler .
It was one of the oldest towns known as Wadi AL-Qura and Didan . Nothing exactly
was known about its history, but the scientists agreed that its history goes
thowsands of years BC it witnessed several civilizations and if was ruled by
several countries . Prophet Muhammad passed it on his way to Tabouk battle and
prophet Saleh lived in it .
It is the town of jameel _ Buthaina Louver Serchers call it the
capital of monuments and the town of civilization . Its people call
it the brcile of mountains its people are famous for thei kindness and
hospitality . It has Saleh s towns or Saleh, s vileges o AL-Hijir . These are
names for the place of Thamud people and Nabatenans wkere their tombs are
engraved in the mountains in a beautiful strange way and known as palaces
because of the beauty of engraveng . Saleh s camel milking , the Islamic forts,
the train statins , the lions tombs Akmah mountain , AL-seleimah and of others
which are not discovered -are some of AL- Ula Antiquities.
AL-Ula in the fast
Scientists has defined four countries and
king doms in AL-Ula . They are :
D idan king dom
Its history was defined from the 6th
century and the rule orgnization .
Lahian kingdom
scientis ts has defined the history of
that stats from the beginning of the 5th century BC till the end of the 3rd
century BC. the rule was by in heritation . Their power had been extended
till Aqaba Gulf . The history said that AL-lahyanieen did not expire.
Nabatea state
History has mentioned that Nabateans
came from Betra town in Jordan and their tombs are still in Madaen Saleh near
Al-Ula.
AL-Ula in the Islamc Age
History refrences refee that proplet
Muhammad ( peace and prayer be upn Him) invaded Wadi AL-Qura by force in
Gumada the secand in the 7th year of Hijrah . The same refrences menticred that
proplet Muhammad (peace be upon Him ) passed by it on his way to Tabouk in the
9th AH. In the 7th century of Is Islam. The name of AL-Ula was most cmmonly used
than ever before though . It was previously known as a village
AL-Ula in the Modern Age
The enrery of the Hijaz railway was
the first modern aspect that AL-Ula has witnessed , and there was station named
after it .
At the time of AL-Saud rule it has got as development and flourish as the other
cities of the kingdom . Lying on the old trade path , AL-Ula and AL-Hijr (Madaen
Saleh) become a very imoprtant city . It was known that they had controlled the
transportion of trade between North and south . They were two station s
for AL-Sham pilgrimage path and in the modern ages . they became two train
stations on AL-Hijaz railway in the servic of polgrims to the Holy Mosque . A
lot
of sciertists travelled to them because of their scientific importance in the
history of man although the two placaes need more study to revoke a lot of
ambiguity .
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