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Full day Al-Qara Hill & Jawatha AlAhsaa, Saudi Arabia
Jawatha Mosque
also incorrectly spelled Al-Jawan, is located in the village of Al-Kilabiyah, about 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. It was the earliest known mosque built in eastern Arabia, and most of the original structure is in ruins.Nevertheless, the site is still used for prayer.
It was built in the seventh year of the Hijrah (c. 629 CE), or c. 636 CE, at the hands of the Bani Abd al-Qays tribe, which lived there before and early in the Islamic period. This mosque is believed to be the first mosque built in Eastern Province and where the second Friday congregation prayer in Islam was offered, the first being held in the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. According to legend, when the Hajr Al-Aswad (Black Stone) was stolen from Mecca by the Qarmatians, it was kept in this mosque for nearly 22 years
Most of the mosque’s original structure has been lost and it remains in danger of collapse. Only five small mud-brick arches remain. The visible ruins probably date from around the 9th century AD. The mosque’s current structure’s design is similar to the design of Masmak fort in Saudi Arabia
Are you a long time? With its unique rock formations. And recently, have this mountain, are you interested in your time?
Twelve hours in the administrative capital of Al-Ahsa, Hofuf, “Mount Qara” is established, or the continent is known as the name in recent decades, which geologists are back to form 2.5 million years ago. It rises 210 meters from the sea surface and is about 1,000 meters from north to south and 800 meters from east to west.
Is this mountain of rocks? Efforts to the continent, overlooking the mountain. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Nahyan in King Abdul Aziz City – may God have mercy on him – with the tribe of Ajman when he entered Al-Ahsa in 1313 AH.
