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Salma Mountains
The Salma Mountains ( ar, جِبَال سَلْمَى, Jibāl Salmā) is a mountain range in Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia. Like the Ajā, this range is part of the Shammar range. See also * Adayra Valley * Ha'il * List of mountains in Saudi Arabia * People: ** Al Fadl ** Jarrahids ** Tayy , location = 2nd century CE–10th century: Jabal Tayy and Syrian Desert 10th century–16th century: Jabal Tayy, Syrian Desert, Jibal al-Sharat, al-Balqa, Palmyrene Steppe, Upper Mesopotamia, Northern Hejaz, Najd , parent_tribe = Madh ...' References External links Map showing the study area of Salma MountainsMid of Salma Mountains Mountain ranges of Saudi Arabia {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Arab world, and the largest in Western Asia and the Middle East. It is bordered by the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait to the north; the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east; Oman to the southeast; and Yemen to the south. Bahrain is an island country off the east coast. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northwest separates Saudi Arabia from Egypt. Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain consists of arid desert, lowland, steppe, and mountains. Its capital and largest city is Riyadh. The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest cities in Islam. Pre-Islamic Arabia, the territory that constitutes modern-day Saudi Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Geographical Society
The American Geographical Society (AGS) is an organization of professional geographers, founded in 1851 in New York City. Most fellows of the society are Americans, but among them have always been a significant number of fellows from around the world. The society encourages activities that expands geographical knowledge, and the interpretation of that knowledge so that it can be useful to geographers and other disciplines, especially in a policymaking environment. It is the oldest nationwide geographical organization in the United States. Over the century and a half of its existence, the AGS has been especially interested in three regions: the Arctic, the Antarctic, and Latin America. A signature characteristic of the AGS-sponsored exploration was the requirement that its expeditions produce tangible scientific results. History The AGS was founded by 31 New Yorkers, who were wealthy philanthropists, historians, publishers and editors. Among them were George Folsom, Henry Grinnell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shammar Mountains
The Shammar Mountains ( ar, جِبَال شَمَّر, Jibāl Shammar) is a mountain range in the northwestern Saudi Arabian province of Ha'il. It includes the Ajā () and Salma subranges. Geology The Aja Mountains are to an extent made up of granite, whereas the Salma are made up of basalt. The phrase "Hadn formation" was used by Chevremont (1982) to refer to volcanic rocks of the area of Ha'il, and was treated by Hadley and Schmidt (1980) as being part of a silicic and volcaniclastic sequence referred to as the "Shammar group", in a broader, regional context. Wildlife The protected area of Jabal Aja is of ecological significance. Two Asiatic cheetahs, the last known in the country, were killed near Ha'il in 1973, and their skins kept near the Imara Palace for a few days. Peaks * Mount Aja ( ar, جَبَل أَجَا, Jabal Ajā) * Mount Samra' ( ar, جَبَل ٱلسَّمْرَاء, Jabal As-Samrā’) Gallery File:Alsamra.jpg, A view of Ha'il City from the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Geological Survey
The Saudi Geological Survey (SGS; ar, هيئة المساحة الجيولوجية السعودية) is the national geological survey of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. History and profile The SGS was established as an independent entity attached to the ministry of petroleum and mineral resources following a council of ministers decision in 1999. It is built from other governmental agencies, including the former directorate general for mineral resources, the US Geological Survey (USGS) mission (1963–1999) and the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) mission (1972–1999). Activities The Saudi Geological Survey activities covers a broad range of strategic and applied earth science topics, with emphasis on understanding the geologic, economic, and engineering factors that affect sustainable management of mineral and groundwater resources, detection and mitigation of earthquakes and other geohazards, protection and management of the environment, and safe develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adayra Valley
Adayra Valley ( ar, وَادِي ٱلْأَدَيْرَع, Wādī al-Adayraʿ) runs roughly from north to south, and divides the northern Saudi Arabian city of Ha'il into eastern and western halves. It starts as a branch of Rimmah Valley in the south, and drains into Qa'a Al-Milh in the town of Baq'a. See also * Shammar Mountains ** Salma Mountains * Wadi Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water ... * Wildlife of Saudi Arabia References Valleys of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia articles needing attention {{SaudiArabia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mountains In Saudi Arabia
This is an (incomplete) list of mountains in Saudi Arabia. Peaks over 3,000 m Peaks over 2,500 m }) , 2,965 * , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Region , Al-Harjah , , - , Jabal Warrab ( ar, جبل وراب) , 2,948 * , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Region , Al-Harjah , , - , Jabal Al-Majaz ( ar, جبل المجاز) , 2,902 , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Region , Sarat Obaidah , , - , Jebal As-Seqaa ( ar, جبال السقى) , 2,863 * , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Region , Abha , , - , Jabal Moushref ( ar, جبل مشرف) , 2,859 , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Region , Al-Harjah , , - , Jabal Khalaqah ( ar, جبل خلقه) , 2,850 * , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Region , Ballasmer , , - , Jabal Nahran ( ar, جبل نهران) , 2,837 * , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Region , Abha , , - , Jabal As-Sahla' ( ar, جبل الصهلاء) , 2,837 , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Region , Ballasmer , , - , Sh'af Bayhan ( ar, شعف بيحان) , 2,788 * , As-Sarawat , 'Asir Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Fadl
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Jarrahids
The Jarrahids () (also known as Banu al-Jarrah) were an Arab dynasty that intermittently ruled Palestine and controlled Transjordan and northern Arabia in the late 10th and early 11th centuries. They were described by historian Marius Canard (1888–1982) as a significant player in the Byzantine–Fatimid wars in Syria who "created for themselves, in their own best interests, a rule of duplicity, treason and pillage".Canard 1965, p. 484. They were the ruling family of the Tayy tribe, one of the three powerful tribes of Syria at the time; the other two were Kalb and Kilab. The Jarrahids first emerged in the Muslim sources as allies of the Qarmatians, and grew prominent under their chieftain Mufarrij ibn Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah. In 973, the latter secured the governorship of Palestine, with Ramla at its center, from the Fatimid Caliphate in reward for military services. Mufarrij lost favor with the Fatimids, who drove the Jarrahids out of Palestine when they plundered Ramla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tayy
, location = 2nd century CE–10th century: Jabal Tayy and Syrian Desert 10th century–16th century: Jabal Tayy, Syrian Desert, Jibal al-Sharat, al-Balqa, Palmyrene Steppe, Upper Mesopotamia, Northern Hejaz, Najd , parent_tribe = Madh'hij , descended = Julhumah ibn 'Udad ibn Malik ibn 'Udad ibn Zaid , branches = *Al al-Ghawth *Banu Thu'al * Banu Jarrah *Al Fadl *Banu Nabhan *Banu Hani *Shammar *Al Jadilah *Al al-Tha'alib * Banu Lam , religion = Polytheism (pre-630) Monophysite Christianity (pre-638) Islam (post 630) The Tayy ( ar, طيء/ALA-LC: ''Ṭayyi’''), also known as Ṭayyi, Tayyaye, or Taiyaye, are a large and ancient Arab tribe of the Middle East, among whose descendants today are the tribe of Shammar. The ''nisba'' (patronymic) of Tayy is ''aṭ-Ṭāʾī'' (). In the 2nd century CE, they migrated to the northern Arabian mountain ranges of Jabal Aja and Jabal Salma, which then collectively became known as "Jabal Tayy" (later "Jabal Shammar"). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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