20 Facts About Najran

Najran, is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen.

Najran was the Yemeni centre of cloth making and originally, the kiswah or the cloth of the Ka'aba was made there.

Najran was an important stopping place on the Incense Route.

Najran was conquered around 685 BC by the Sabean Mukarrib Karib'il Watar I King of Yemen.

Najran seems to have been under Minaean or Sabean rule at different times during the next centuries and after that, it was part of Yemen till 1937.

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Najran occupied the city and used it as a base from which to attack the Sabaean capital at Ma'rib.

Under the influence of Axum, the Christians in Najran thrived and started an alliance with Aksum again at the beginning of the 6th century.

Town of Najran was already an important centre of arms manufacture during the lifetime of Muhammad.

Najran then moved against Najran, a Christian and Aksumite stronghold.

Under the reign of the Caliph 'Umar, the Christian community of Najran was deported to Mesopotamia, on the grounds that Muhammad ordered all non-Muslims to be expelled from the Arabian Peninsula.

Najran had a Jewish community dating back to pre-Islamic times, historically affiliated with the Bnei Chorath who were Yemenite Jews that had conquered the city and ruled until the Christian invasion of Yemen.

Some groups of Najran Jews escaped to Cochin, as they had a very good relationship with the rulers of Cochin and maintained trade connections with Paradesi Jews.

Najran joined the newly announced Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1934 as a result of the efforts and struggles of Shaikh Jabir Abu Saq, the leader of a large clan of the Yam tribe.

However, a strong segment of the tribal leaders in Najran sided with the Yemenis and some became passive, waiting to take a side at the end of the crisis.

In short, Najran has always been independent and ruled by its people but they choose to be annexed to the New Kingdom.

Indeed, there was a strong treaty between King ?Abd al-?Aziz and the people from Najran indicating conditions to be respected by both sides.

Old Najran was surrounded by a circular wall, 220 by 230 meters, built of square stone with defensive balconies.

Najran's landmarks include the "Rass" stone, a 2-meter-high granite stone.

Najran enjoys three different geographic landscapes, oases, mountains, and the desert on its east side.

Climate for Najran is a hot desert climate, typical of the Arabian Peninsula.