Ajyad
Encyclopedia
Ajyad is a neighborhood of Mecca
in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia
. It contains the Ajyad Fortress
.
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
in Makkah Province, in western Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
. It contains the Ajyad Fortress
Ajyad Fortress
The Ajyad Fortress was an Ottoman fort built in Mecca, in what is now Saudi Arabia, in the late 18th century. It was destroyed by the Saudi government in 2002 for commercial development, sparking global outcry.-History:...
.