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| official_name = Najran | image_skyline = Najran Fort, Saudi Arabia.jpg | image_caption = Najran Fort | image_map = | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | image_flag = | flag_link = | flag_size = | image_shield = | shield_link = | shield_size = |pushpin_map=Saudi Arabia | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Saudi Arabia | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Najran | parts_type = | parts_style = para | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Faris al-Shafaq |leader_title1 = Provincial Governor |leader_name1 = Jelawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed bin Jelawi Al Saud |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = | established_title = Established | established_date = 2000 BC | established_title2 = Joined Saudi Arabia 1934 | established_date2 = | established_title3 = | established_date3 = | unit_pref = Metric | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | elevation_m = 1293 | area_footnotes = | population_note = Najran Municipality estimate | population_as_of = 2010 | population_total = 505,652 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_metro = | population_footnotes = | utc_offset = +3 | utc_offset_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal Code | postal_code = | area_code = (+966) 17 | website = {{URL|http://www.najran.gov.sa}} | coordinates = {{coord|17|29|30|N|44|7|56|E|region:SA|display=inline}} }} Najran ({{lang-ar|نجران}} {{transl|ar|ALA|Najrān}}), is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province. Designated a new town, Najran is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom; its population has risen from 47,500 in 1974 and 90,983 in 1992 to 246,880 in 2004 and 500,000 in 2017. The population mostly originates from the ancient tribe of Yām, Mákram and Hamdan. Najranis are Muslims, with Shia, Ismaili forming the plurality of the religious adherents. Hanbali, Shafi'i, and Maliki Sunnis form the second largest religious group in the city, while the Zaydi Shia form the smallest religious group. The Arabic term {{transl|ar|ALA|Najrān}} has at least two meanings: both the wooden frame on which a door opens and also 'thirsty'. Local tradition also has it that the land derived its name from the first man to settle in the area, Najran ibn Zaydan ibn Saba ibn Yahjub ibn Yarub ibn Qahtan. Najran was the Yemeni centre of cloth making and originally, the kiswah or the cloth of the Ka'aba was made there (the clothing of the Kaba first started by the Yemeni kings of Saba). There used to be a Jewish community at Najran, renowned for the garments they manufactured. According to Yemenite Jewish tradition, the Jews of Najran traced their origin to the Ten Tribes. Najran was also an important stopping place on the Incense Route. HistoryThe history of Najrān can be traced back to 4,000 years ago. It was once occupied by the Romans; in fact it was the first Yemeni city to fall to the Romans on their way to the Yemeni kingdom of Saba'. Najrān's most prosperous trading time was during the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. In ancient times it was known as Al-Ukhdūd. Early historySimilarly to other ancient place names in Arabia, Najrān may have originally been the name of the whole oasis including all towns and villages. The old name of the ruins now known as "al-Ukhdūd", which may have been the central town, was probably Ragmat. Najrān was a focal point of the Incense Route. All routes that left ancient Yemen to the north or west had to meet at Najrān, where the routes branched into two general directions, the ones leading north through the Ḥijāz towards Egypt and the Levant and those leading to the northeast towards Gerrha near the Persian Gulf.[1] Najrān was conquered around 685 BC by the Sabean Mukarrib (King) Karib'il Watar I King of Yemen. The later Sabean king Yithi'amar Bayin destroyed RagHmat around 510 BC. Najrān 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. The Roman prefect of Egypt Aelius Gallus led an costly, arduous and ultimately unsuccessful expedition to conquer Arabia Felix and won a battle near Najrān in 25 BC. He occupied the city and used it as a base from which to attack the Sabaean capital at Ma'rib. According to Strabo,[2] who called it 'Negrana', Najrān was at this time the northernmost city of the realm of Saba'. When the Ḥimyarites conquered the Sabeans in AD 280 they probably also took control of Najrān. Some time during the 3rd century the people of Najrān sided with the Abyssinians who sent a governor named Sqlmqlm" in inscriptions. The Ḥimyar King Ilsharah Yahdib crushed this rebellion. The north Arabian Lakhmid king Imru’ al-Qays ibn 'Amqu attacked Najrān in AD 328. Under the influence of Axum, the Christians in Najrān thrived and started an alliance with Aksum again at the beginning of the 6th century. Early Christian community{{Main|Christian community of Najran}}Christianity must have been introduced into Najrān, as in the rest of South Arabia, in the 5th century AD or perhaps a century earlier. According to the Arab Muslim historian Ibn Isḥāq, Najran was the first place where Christianity took root in South Arabia. According to the contemporary sources, after seizing the throne of the Ḥimyarites, in ca. 518 or 523 Dhū Nuwās, a Jewish king,[3] attacked the Aksumite (mainly Christian) garrison at Zafar, capturing them and burning their churches. He then moved against Najrān, a Christian and Aksumite stronghold. After accepting the city's capitulation, he massacred those inhabitants who would not renounce Christianity. Estimates of the death toll from this event range up to 20,000 in some sources; a surviving letter (where he is called Dimnon) written by Simon, the bishop of Beth Arsham in 524 AD, recounts Dhū Nuwās's persecution in Najrān (modern al-Ukhdūd in Saudi Arabia).[4] The persecution is apparently described and condemned in the Qur'an (al-Buruj:4). Under the reign of the Caliph ‘Umar, the Christian community of Najrān was deported to Mesopotamia, on the grounds that no non-Muslims were to live in the Arabian Peninsula.[5] The town of Najrān was already an important centre of arms manufacture during the lifetime of Muhammad. However, it was more famous for leather rather than iron. Former Jewish community{{Main|History of the Jews in Saudi Arabia}}Najrān 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.[6] With the Saudi conquest of Najrān in 1934, persecution increased, and some 200 Jews of Najrān fled south to Aden between September and October 1949. The Saudi King ʻAbd al-ʻAziz demanded their return, but the Yemeni king Aḥmad bin Yaḥyá refused, because these refugees were Yemenite Jews. After settling in the Ḥashid Camp (also called Mahane Geula) they were airlifted to Israel as part of the larger Operation Magic Carpet.[7] Najran as part of Saudi Arabia{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2011}}Najrān joined the newly announced Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1934 as a result of the efforts and struggles of Sheikh Jābir Abū Sāq, the leader of one large clan of the Yam tribe. Starting in 1924, the forces of the former Yemeni king launched several unsuccessful raids to annex Najrān to the Yemeni Kingdom. The king of Yemen performed some new maneuvers to strengthen his tie with some of the Najrān tribal leaders to counter the strong relations of the people of Najrān with Bin Saʻūd. Then in 1932 the forces of Imam Yaḥyá of Yemen attacked Najrān with more than 50,000 troops, with all kinds of new weapons. Yām, as the dominant tribe in Najrān, along with some other loyalist Najranis, started strong resistance against the occupation forces. However, a strong segment of the tribal leaders in Najrān sided with the occupying power and some became passive, waiting to take a side at the end of the crisis. Sheikh Jābir Abū Sāq, the head of a clan of Yām at the time, managed to get quick support from King ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Bin Saʻūd and was able to lead the Yām tribe and all of the Najrānī resistance fighting the Yemeni forces in all parts of Najrān and Bilād Yām. Later, in the spring of 1934, the army of Bin Saʻud under the command of Prince Saʻūd son of ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz carried out a massive campaign, surrounding Najrān from the north and northwest, and defeated the Yemeni army. Najrān became part of Saudi Arabia. In short, Najran has always been independent and ruled by its people (Yam) but they choose to be annexed to New Kingdom. Indeed, there was a strong treaty between King ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz and the people from Najrān indicating conditions to be respected by both sides. ProtestsThe Ismailis, a religious and ethnic minority with historic roots in Najrān Province of southwestern Saudi Arabia, face increasing threats to their identity as a result of official discrimination. With the arrival of Mishʻal bin Suʻūd as the governor of Najrān in 1996, tension between local authorities and the Ismaili population increased, culminating in a confrontation between armed Ismāʻīlī demonstrators and police and army units outside the Holiday Inn hotel in Najrān city on April 2000. Official discrimination in Saudi Arabia against Ismāʻīlīs encompasses government employment, religious practices, and the justice system. Government officials exclude Ismāʻīlīs from decision making, and publicly disparage their faith.[8] The confrontation at the Holiday Inn in Najrān city on April 23, 2000, marked a watershed in Ismāʻīlī relations with the central government. Three months earlier, police had closed all Ismāʻīlī mosques on a religious holiday. On April 23, after security forces and religious morality police arrested an Ismāʻīlī cleric, a large demonstration took place outside the Holiday Inn, where governor Mishʻal resided. After the governor refused for hours to meet the petitioners, an exchange of fire between security forces and armed demonstrators left two Ismāʻīlīs dead and, according to some government accounts, killed one policeman as well. Believing their religious identity to be under attack, Ismāʻili men erected defenses around Khushaywah, the seat of the Ismāʻīlī religious leader, al-Dāʼiʻ al-Muṭlaq (Absolute Guide), and the spiritual capital of Sulaymānī Ismāʻīlīs, a community with followers in India and Pakistan as well as Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Khushaywah, which is an area of Najrān city, includes the Manṣūrah Mosque complex. The army surrounded the Ismāʻīlī positions and placed the city under its control. The standoff ended later the same day without further bloodshed.[9] Archaeological ruins and artifactsNajrān city is famous for its archeological significance. Old Najrān was surrounded by a circular wall, 220 by 230 meters, built of square stone with defensive balconies. It contained several unique buildings. There is also a cemetery south of the external wall. Excavations of this site have uncovered glass, metals, pottery, and bronze artifacts. Square and rectangular buildings have also been found. At Al-Ukhdūd which is south of Najrān city, carvings from those days and human bones can be seen. A museum displays, among other items, a bronze lion head. Najrān's landmarks include the "Rass" stone, a 2-meter-high granite stone.[10] GeographyTopographyNajran enjoys three different geographic landscapes, and they are: the oases, mountains, and desert on its east side. ClimateThe climate for Najran is a hot desert climate type, typical of the Arabian Peninsula. The rainfall is very sporadic in occurrence and consists of light individual rainfalls. The yearly average high temperatures are lower than Riyadh, despite being further south, due to Najran's elevation. {{Weather box|width = auto |metric first=yes |single line=yes |location=Najran, Saudi Arabia |Jan record high C= |Feb record high C= |Mar record high C= |Apr record high C= |May record high C= |Jun record high C= |Jul record high C= |Aug record high C= |Sep record high C= |Oct record high C= |Nov record high C= |Dec record high C= |Jan high C=24.4 |Feb high C=26.3 |Mar high C=28.4 |Apr high C=31.3 |May high C=34.6 |Jun high C=36.9 |Jul high C=36.9 |Aug high C=36.6 |Sep high C=34.9 |Oct high C=30.3 |Nov high C=26.5 |Dec high C=25.9 |Jan mean C=16.6 |Feb mean C=18.5 |Mar mean C=21.2 |Apr mean C=24.1 |May mean C=27.5 |Jun mean C=28.9 |Jul mean C=29.8 |Aug mean C=29.6 |Sep mean C=27.1 |Oct mean C=22.1 |Nov mean C=18.5 |Dec mean C=17.8 |Jan low C=8.9 |Feb low C=10.8 |Mar low C=14.0 |Apr low C=16.9 |May low C=20.4 |Jun low C=21.0 |Jul low C=22.7 |Aug low C=22.7 |Sep low C=19.3 |Oct low C=14.0 |Nov low C=10.6 |Dec low C=9.7 |Jan record low C= |Feb record low C= |Mar record low C= |Apr record low C= |May record low C= |Jun record low C= |Jul record low C= |Aug record low C= |Sep record low C= |Oct record low C= |Nov record low C= |Dec record low C= |precipitation colour=green |Jan precipitation mm=4 |Feb precipitation mm=11 |Mar precipitation mm=57 |Apr precipitation mm=35 |May precipitation mm=7 |Jun precipitation mm=0 |Jul precipitation mm=2 |Aug precipitation mm=5 |Sep precipitation mm=2 |Oct precipitation mm=0 |Nov precipitation mm=1 |Dec precipitation mm=8 |Jan rain days= |Feb rain days= |Mar rain days= |Apr rain days= |May rain days= |Jun rain days= |Jul rain days= |Aug rain days= |Sep rain days= |Oct rain days= |Nov rain days= |Dec rain days= |Jan humidity= |Feb humidity= |Mar humidity= |Apr humidity= |May humidity= |Jun humidity= |Jul humidity= |Aug humidity= |Sep humidity= |Oct humidity= |Nov humidity= |Dec humidity= |year humidity= |Jand sun= |Febd sun= |Mard sun= |Aprd sun= |Mayd sun= |Jund sun= |Juld sun= |Augd sun= |Sepd sun= |Octd sun= |Novd sun= |Decd sun= |source 1= Climate-Data.org (altitude: 1284m)[11] }}{{Weather box |width = auto |location = Najran (1985–2010) |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan high C = 25.5 |Feb high C = 28.7 |Mar high C = 31.4 |Apr high C = 33.8 |May high C = 37.0 |Jun high C = 38.9 |Jul high C = 39.3 |Aug high C = 39.2 |Sep high C = 36.8 |Oct high C = 32.1 |Nov high C = 28.7 |Dec high C = 26.1 |Jan mean C = 17.5 |Feb mean C = 20.7 |Mar mean C = 23.8 |Apr mean C = 26.5 |May mean C = 30.1 |Jun mean C = 31.8 |Jul mean C = 32.9 |Aug mean C = 32.6 |Sep mean C = 29.5 |Oct mean C = 24.5 |Nov mean C = 21.1 |Dec mean C = 18.0 |year mean C = 25.8 |Jan low C = 8.9 |Feb low C = 12.0 |Mar low C = 15.7 |Apr low C = 18.6 |May low C = 21.3 |Jun low C = 22.4 |Jul low C = 25.2 |Aug low C = 24.6 |Sep low C = 20.5 |Oct low C = 15.4 |Nov low C = 12.5 |Dec low C = 9.5 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 3.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 1.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 17.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 19.2 |May precipitation mm = 6.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 3.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 2.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 9.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 0.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 5.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 1.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 1.0 |year precipitation mm = |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 1.3 |Feb precipitation days = 1.0 |Mar precipitation days = 5.1 |Apr precipitation days = 8.3 |May precipitation days = 2.3 |Jun precipitation days = 0.4 |Jul precipitation days = 2.0 |Aug precipitation days = 2.5 |Sep precipitation days = 0.2 |Oct precipitation days = 1.3 |Nov precipitation days = 1.2 |Dec precipitation days = 0.4 |year precipitation days = 26.0 |source 1 = Jeddah Regional Climate Center[12] |date= February 2016 }} EducationColleges and universitiesNajran is home of Najran University and Najran College of Technology. SportsLocal football clubs
Sports centersThere are many sports centers and complexes within the city including:
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References1. ^[https://www.jstor.org/pss/614822 Description] in A. F. L. Beeston "Some Observations on Greek and Latin Data Relating to South Arabia"in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 42, No. 1 (1979), pp. 7–12; online at [https://www.jstor.org JSTOR] 2. ^Strabo, Book XVI, Chapter 4, 22–24 The Geography of Strabo, published in Vol. VII of the Loeb Classical Library edition, 1932; online at Lacus Curtius 3. ^http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/historians-back-bbc-over-jewish-massacre-claim 4. ^Simon's letter is part of Part III of The Chronicle of Zuqnin, translated by Amir Harrack (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, 1999), pp. 78-84. 5. ^Hitti, Phillip. History of the Arabs from the Earliest time to the Present. New York: Macmillan, 1951. p. 61 6. ^Gilbert, Martin, "In Ishmael's House", 2000, (p. 5) 7. ^Gilbert, Martin, "In Ishmael's House", 2000, (p. 271) 8. ^{{cite web|title=The Ismāʻīlīs of Najrān. Second-class Saudi citizens|url=https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/saudiarabia0908web.pdf|publisher=Human Rights Watch|accessdate=April 16, 2012|year=2008}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=The Ismailis of Najran. Second-class Saudi citizens|url=https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/saudiarabia0908web.pdf|publisher=Human Rights Watch|accessdate=April 16, 2012|year=2008}} 10. ^The Incense Road: Najran 11. ^{{Cite web |url=//en.climate-data.org/location/551706/ |title=Temperature, Climate graph, Climate table for Najran |publisher=Climate-Data.org |accessdate=2017-03-19 }} 12. ^{{cite web |url = http://jrcc.sa/reports_files/1985_2010Reports/Najran.RTF |title = Climate Data for Saudi Arabia |publisher = Jeddah Regional Climate Center |accessdate = December 7, 2015 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160321070249/http://jrcc.sa/reports_files/1985_2010Reports/Najran.RTF |archivedate = March 21, 2016 |df = }}
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