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Souq al-Zal, 2014. Old Riyadh (Arabic: الرياض القديمة, romanized: ar-Riyāḍ al-Qadīmah) is an umbrella term used for a loosely defined region that primarily lies in the southern portion of modern-day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, encompassing neighborhoods and settlements that emerged from the ruins of Hajr al-Yamamah in late 16th century or existed during pre-Islamic era, [1] [2] the ...
The town's original inhabitants left Diriyah after 1818, with the bulk of them moving to Riyadh. In The Kingdom (first published in 1981), British author Robert Lacey observed that the Al Saud had "left the shell of their old capital behind them, an enduring reminder of the frontiers of the possible" and compared the old Diriyah to "a sand ...
The construction of the fort was started by Abdullah bin Faisal, Emir of Najd, in 1865. [4] It was completed in 1895 by Emir of Riyadh, 'Abdurrahman ibn Sulaiman under the reign of Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Rashid, the ruler of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar and head of the House of Rasheed, who had wrested control of the city from the local House of Saud, who later went into exile.
The old town of Riyadh within the city walls did not exceed an area of 1 km 2, and therefore very few significant architectural remnants of the original walled oasis town of Riyadh exist today. The most prominent is the Masmak fort and some parts of the original wall structure with its gate which have been restored and reconstructed.
The Murabba palace is situated two kilometers north of the old city of Riyadh, and its total area was over 16 hectares. [5] [14] The area of the palace was later expanded to 30 hectares. [5] In a study dated 2021 the size of the palace is cited as 9,844.64 m 2. [15] The palace is located about half a mile from Masmak fort. [9]
Al Dirah (Arabic: الديرة, romanized: ad-Dayra, lit. 'the Abode'), alternatively transliterated as Deira, Deirah, Dheera, [1] Deerah or Deera, is a neighborhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located south of al-Futah and west of Margab in the sub-municipality of al-Batʼha. [2]
'old quarter'), originally known as Hayy al-Aamir (Arabic: حي عامر), [62] [63] was a settlement and a douar within the city walls, located in the southeastern corner of the walled town. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] It was built on a farm owned by a farmer named Ibn Issa and was later incorporated into the capital metropolis of Riyadh following the ...
The demolition of the city walls in the 1950s was a prelude to the expansion and modernization of Riyadh. Following the demolition of Riyadh's city walls, death of King Abdulaziz ibn Saud and along with the rapid expansion and modernization of the city between 1950s and 1960s, the al-Hukm Palace and its surrounding areas had slowly begun to decline in importance.