Miʼkal (Riyadh)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Miʼkal or Maʼkal () is an ancient village and a historic neighborhood in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located that is a subject of Baladiyah al-Batha in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located between ad-Dubiyah and al-Wusaita. The town came into existence when
Hajr al-Yamamah Hajr ( ar, حَجْر, Ḥajr), also known as Hajr al-Yamamah ( ar, حَجْر اليَمامَة, Ḥajr al-Yamāmah) or Khadra Hajr, was an ancient settlement founded by the Hanifites that roughly emerged in 5th century pre-Islamic Arabia and ...
disintegrated up into several settlements and estates in the 16th century (10 AH), the most notable of them being
Migrin Migrin () or Miqrin, also called Riyadh Muqrin was one of the major settlements in the southern outskirts of modern-day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia alongside Miʼkal that emerged from the ruins of Hajr al-Yamamah in the late 16th century. Forming a vital ...
(or Muqrin) and Ma'kal. Its name reportedly comes from two pre-Islamic Arabian deities, Kāl and Maʿkāl () that were worshipped in
Najd Najd ( ar, نَجْدٌ, ), or the Nejd, forms the geographic center of Saudi Arabia, accounting for about a third of the country's modern population and, since the Emirate of Diriyah, acting as the base for all unification campaigns by the H ...
.


History

The town came into existence when
Hajr al-Yamamah Hajr ( ar, حَجْر, Ḥajr), also known as Hajr al-Yamamah ( ar, حَجْر اليَمامَة, Ḥajr al-Yamāmah) or Khadra Hajr, was an ancient settlement founded by the Hanifites that roughly emerged in 5th century pre-Islamic Arabia and ...
disintegrated up into several settlements and estates in the 16th century (10th century AH), the most notable of them being Migrin (or Muqrin) and Ma'kal. It was reportedly named after two pre-Islamic Arabian deities, Kāl and Maʿkāl () that were worshipped in
Najd Najd ( ar, نَجْدٌ, ), or the Nejd, forms the geographic center of Saudi Arabia, accounting for about a third of the country's modern population and, since the Emirate of Diriyah, acting as the base for all unification campaigns by the H ...
. According to historian Abd al-Malik ibn Husayn al-Isami al-Makki, Maʼkal was also the site of a military conflict when it was besieged in 1578 (986 AH) by 50 soldiers of the Sharif of Mecca
Abu Numayy II Muḥammad Abū Numayy II ibn Barakāt ibn Muḥammad ( ar, محمد أبو نمي الثاني بن بركات بن محمد ) was Sharif of Mecca from 1512 to 1566. He co-reigned first with his father (1512–1525) and later with his sons (1540 ...
in which he killed several of its political leaders and imprisoned others for almost a year until they agreed to pay concessions.


References

{{reflist Neighbourhoods in Riyadh