Al-Bad'
Al-Bad'
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Tabuk Region |
Al-Badʿ (
Tabuk Region, Saudi Arabia. It is west of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, between Tabuk and the Red Sea Coast. Located at 28° 41' N and 35° 18' E, it lies on the border of the Hejaz, and was in antiquity in Southern Midian.[1][2]
Al-Bad is located in the valley of the m ASL). It is near the town of Tayyib Al-Ism and approx. 25 km east of the eastern coast of the Gulf of Aqaba, part of the Red Sea where there are pristine coral reefs
.
In 1995, 2 people at Al-Bad' died during the Gulf of Aqaba earthquake.[3]
Hijaz Mountains
To the east of the town is the
volcanic peak is, like Jabal Lawz, crowned with black basalt
. Much of this volcanic region is granite and vegetation is sparse grassland with the occasional tree.
Religious significance
The town of Al-Bad' is within the traditional Hejaz region of
Muslim
.
Some two kilometers south of the town of al-Bad' are caves called by the local people "Magha'ir Shu'ayb" (the Caves of Nabatean
tombs.
Local tradition also holds that "Bir al Saidni" located in the nearby coastal town of
Jewish
community was known here from at least the 9th century AD.
biblical Mount Sinai
.
References
- ISSN 2031-5937.
- ^ "Al-Badʿ - Archéologie - culture.fr". archeologie.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ Significant earthquakes of the World, 1995 Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Khan, M. 1991 Recent Rock Art and Epigraphic Investigations in Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 21: 113-118.
- ^ Jabal Lawz.
- ^ "MAKNA city map, MAKNA city road map, MAKNA city Guide, Latest News from Makna, Saudi Arabia". newstrackindia.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.