as well as a place for rest and well-being. According to the Ministry of Hajj, Jeddah has been settled for more than 2,500 years.

Excavations in the old city have been interpreted to give the fact that Jeddah was founded as a fishing hamlet by the Yemeni Quda'a tribe , who left to settle in Makkah (Mecca) after the collapse of Marib Dam in Yemen in 115 BC.

Under the Caliphates

Jeddah

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