Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — Mohammed Al-Aamari, director general of the General Authority for Tourism and National Heritage (GATNH) in Makkah Region, launched the King Abdulaziz Historical Trail in historic Jeddah on the eve of the 88th Saudi National Day recently.
Journalist Maher Abdul Wahab told Saudi Gazette that Al-Aamari confirmed that it is a historical fact that the late King (may God’s prayers and peace be upon him) received citizens and dignitaries to manage the affairs of the state here. He walked from Naseef House through Kabel Street, Nada Market, and Banajah House, where he greeted people in the seat. He prayed with guests and worshipers at all levels in the Hanafi Mosque next to Banajah House.
Al-Aamari added that the idea of this path has been presented by the citizen Muhammad bin Ali Al-Husseini Al-Sharif thanks to the confirmation of historical information, which was that when King Abdulaziz came down to the house of Naseef, he was walking from the house of Naseef to the Hanafi Mosque in Jeddah.
In light of this, there was coordination between the GATNH and the Department of King Abdulaziz, which manages the validity of this information, where confirmed the following:
(It turns out that it was mentioned in the book (flags of the Hijaz) Part II of the author Mohammed Ibn Ali Moroccan page (248), which indicates the validity of that is that (I saw him on the first Friday in Jeddah, where they walked from the house of his successor is preceded by a huge group of men. Perhaps the number of hundred and behind him another group of the same number carrying their weapons, and returned in the same procession and was the way from the house of Nassifal through the street then met the big market to the market, where the house is located Banajah Guards were filling the large courtyard of the house and decorated with a gate and a large and very large wood The people were filling the streets and streets with their mother Cup in the coming and going)) ended what has been confirmed by the circuit Zemi)
At the end of his statement, Al-Aamari stressed that the aim of launching this historic and important historical experience is for licensed tour guides and tour operators to include this important route and adopt it as a historical track with the historical and tourist routes in Jeddah.
