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30 de abr. de 2024 · Jeddah, city and major port in central Hejaz region, western Saudi Arabia. It lies along the Red Sea west of Mecca . The principal importance of Jeddah in history is that it constituted the port of Mecca and was thus the site where the majority of Muslim pilgrims landed while journeying to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina .
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Historic Jeddah, the Gate to Makkah. Historic Jeddah is situated on the eastern shore of the Red Sea. From the 7th century AD it was established as a major port for Indian Ocean trade routes, channelling goods to Mecca. It was also the gateway for Muslim pilgrims to Mecca who arrived by sea.
Historically, politically and culturally, Jeddah was a major city of Hejaz Vilayet, the Kingdom of Hejaz and other regional political entities according to Hijazi history books. It is the 100th largest city in the world by land area.
- +966-12
- Saudi Arabia
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Mecca
6 de nov. de 2023 · ‘A History of Jeddah is based on careful and competent historiographical scholarship. It provides a comprehensive and analytical account of Jeddah's history and fills a significant void in the literature on Ottoman and Middle Eastern urban history, history of the Hijaz, and of port cities.’
- Ulrike Freitag
- 2020
5 de nov. de 2020 · Ulrike Freitag’s A History of Jeddah: The Gate to Mecca in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries is a seductively charming urban history of the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, popularly known as...
Brief description. On the eastern shore of the Red Sea, Jeddah was a major port for the Indian Ocean trade routes, channelling goods to Makkah.
A History of Jeddah. The Gate to Mecca in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. , pp. 1 - 39. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778831.002. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 2020. Access options. Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below.
