Jabal Al -Dhawa Najran .. inscriptions and landmarks that narrate the story of early Islamic art

In the “Jabal Al -Dhawa” creek, south of King Fahd Park in the Najran region, a neighborhood archive that tells the story of early Islamic art, as the rocky landmarks of the mountain abound with prominent archaeological evidence in the art of Islamic calligraphy in its early stages.
The rocks maintain rare Islamic inscriptions, which are a historical record that reflects the legacy of the past and the wealth of Islamic civilization, embodies the accuracy of early Islamic art and the splendor of its lines, and represents an important transitional stage in the history of Arab arts and lines, which makes the “Jabal Al -Dhawa” an open museum that narrates chapters from the beginnings of Islamic civilization.

200 Islamic pattern Coffee

Professor of Semitic Languages, Old Writers and Archeology at King Saud University, Dr. Salem bin Ahmed bin Arada: Islamic inscriptions are an important and essential source for studying history and Islamic civilization, and Najran is full of a large number of these inscriptions that date back to the early Islamic period.

He added: Through the archaeological survey of the ancient inscriptions and writings in the region, more than 200 Islamic coffee inscriptions, distributed and documented on several locations, were documented and documented, most notably “Jabal Al -Dhawa” in the south of the Najran Valley, in which 33 Islamic inscriptions were found, 26 of which returned to members of one family.

Inscriptions from the second and the third AH

Although these inscriptions are not history, the style of calligraphy and the names of the characters contained in them indicate that they belong to the second and third centuries AH, and most of these inscriptions include religious formulations and supplications, and express faith in death, trust in God, trust in him, monotheism, and praying to the Prophet -may God bless him and grant him peace -along with signatures of their owners.

A member of the Najran Tourist Club and the accredited tourist guide Abdullah Al -Saqour explained that “Jabal Al -Dhawa” is an important archaeological and tourist teacher, because of its historical evidence that affirms the importance of early Islamic inscriptions, which were characterized by its beauty, organization and tight linguistic structures.

Souvenir

Al -Saqour pointed out that among these inscriptions is what women have written, dug their names on the rocks of the mountain in memorial and religious sentences, which indicates a civilized period in which education spread to include various segments of society.
He pointed out that “Jabal Al -Dhawa” is a prominent tourist and cultural destination in the region, because of its cultural heritage of early Islamic inscriptions.
These archaeological treasures are decorated with the mountain as the rarest evidence of the beginnings of the development of the art of engraving and Islamic calligraphy in the southern Arabian Peninsula.