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  2. Najran - Wikipedia

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    www.najran.gov.sa. Najran (Arabic: نجران Najrān), is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia. It is the capital of Najran Province. Designated as a new town, Najran is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom. Its population grew from 47,500 in 1974 to 90,983 in 1992, 246,880 in 2004, and 381,431 in 2021.

  3. Najran Province - Wikipedia

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    Najran (Arabic: نجران Najrān) is a province of Saudi Arabia, located in the south of the country. It has an area of 149,511 km². Its capital is Najran. Najran is inhabited by the Yam tribe. A significant percentage of the province's inhabitants are Shia Ismaili. [2] The current governor of the region is Prince Jiluwi bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

  4. Principality of Najran - Wikipedia

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    Saudi Arabia. The Principality of Najran was a state that existed in the Arabian peninsula from 1633 to 1934. It originated as an Islamic ecclesiastic principality under Yemeni suzerainty in 1633, although it later came under Ottoman influence. [3] Najran opposed a Yemeni rebellion against the Ottomans in the 1880s. [4]

  5. Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    1619. Bir Hima (Arabic: بئر حما) is a rock art site in Najran province, in southwest Saudi Arabia, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of the city of Najran. [1][2] An ancient Palaeolithic and Neolithic site, the Bir Hima Complex covers the time period of 7000–1000 BC. [3] Bir Hima contains numerous troughs whose type is similar from ...

  6. Al-Okhdood - Wikipedia

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    Al-Okhdood (Arabic: الأخدود) or Al-Okhdood Archaeological Site, is an ancient and historic town located in Najran Province in Saudi Arabia. Currently in ruins, the town dates back to at least 500 BCE and was formerly a hub for trading and commercial purposes. It is also famous for being the location where the Himyarite king Dhu Nuwas ...

  7. Christian community of Najran - Wikipedia

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    The existence of a Christian community in the city of Najran in present-day southwestern Saudi Arabia is attested by several historical sources of the Arabian Peninsula, where it recorded as having been created in the 5th century AD or perhaps a century earlier. According to the Arab Muslim historian Ibn Ishaq, Najran was the first place where ...

  8. History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia

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    The city of Najran was liberated by Saudi forces in 1934 after it been conquered by Yemenis in 1933, thus absorbing its Jewish community, which dates to pre-Islamic times. [15] With increased persecution, the Jews of Najran made plans to evacuate.

  9. Saudi Arabia–Yemen border - Wikipedia

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    North Yemen and Saudi Arabia had no defined frontier and disputed ownership of border territories (notably Asir, Jizan and Najran, claimed by North Yemen as part of 'Greater Yemen'); these tensions culminated in a border war in 1934, in which Saudi Arabia won control over most of the disputed territories. [6]

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