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Timeline of Jeddah

Timeline of Jeddah

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Prior to 20th century

  • 500 BCE - Quda'a settle.
  • 647 CE - Uthman Ibn Affan, turns Jeddah into a port making it the port of Makkah instead of Al Shoaiba port.
  • 703 CE - Jeddah was briefly occupied by pirates from the Kingdom of Axum.
  • 969 CE - Fatimids in power.
  • 1177 - Jeddah becomes part of the Ayyubid Empire.
  • 1254 - City becomes part of the Mamluk Sultanate.
  • 1400 - In the 15th century it became the centre of trade between Egypt and India.[1]
  • 1517 - City besieged by Ottomans.
  • 1525 - Barracks built; city walls rebuilt with six watchtowers and six city gates.[citation needed]
  • 1541 - City besieged by Portuguese.[2]
  • 1804 - Town besieged by Sauds.[3]
  • 1811 - Ottomans in power.[2]
  • 1813 - Battle of Jeddah (1813).
  • 1814 - Population: 15,000 (approximate).[2]
  • 1820 - European cemetery established (approximate date).[2]
  • 1858 - 15 June: "Massacre."[2]
  • 1881 - Nasseef House built.[4]

20th century

21st century

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Britannica 1910.
  2. [2]
    Bosworth 2007.
  3. [3]
    Milburn 1813.
  4. [4]
    Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, ArchNet, archived from the original on 3 March 2012
  5. [5]
    Daghistani 1993.
  6. [6]
    "Spreading the Word: Who's Who in the Arab Media", New York Times, 6 February 2005
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    "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
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    Ayman Shabana (2010), "Saudi Arabia: Libraries, Archives and Museums", in Marcia J. Bates (ed.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, ISBN 9780849397127
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    Richard Green (2004). "Major Non-UN Organizations". Chronology of International Organizations. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35590-6.
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    United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    M. Kabir Hassan; Mervyn Lewis, eds. (2007). Handbook of Islamic Banking. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84720-541-4.
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    "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
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    Andrea L. Stanton, ed. (2012). Middle East. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia: an Encyclopedia. Sage. ISBN 9781412981767.
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    "About the Library". King Abdulaziz Public Library. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  15. [15]
    Nancy Um (2012). "Reflections on the Red Sea Style: Beyond the Surface of Coastal Architecture". Northeast African Studies. 12.
  16. [16]
    "Saudi Women And the Right To Play Sports". New York Times. 20 November 2010.
  17. [17]
    Ali Jaafar (20 July 2009). "Saudi Arabia nixes Jeddah festival". Variety. Los Angeles.
  18. [18]
    Karen Elliott House (2013). On Saudi Arabia. Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-307-47328-8.
  19. [19]
    "Jeddah Municipality". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  20. [20]
    "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
  21. [21]
    "Floods inundate Saudi city". Al Jazeera.com. 27 January 2011.
  22. [22]
    "Saudi Women Defy Driving Ban". New York Times. 17 June 2011.
  23. [23]
    World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on 28 March 2014{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Bibliography

Published in 18th-19th centuries
Published in 20th century
  • "Jidda" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 414–415.
  • A. Pesce. Jiddah: Portrait of an Arabian City. London, 1974.
  • Madge Pendleton (1984), "Jeddah", Green Book Guide for Living in Saudi Arabia (4th ed.), Washington DC: Middle East Editorial Associates, OL 8342230M
  • Abdal-Majeed Ismail Daghistani (1993), A Case Study in Planning Implementation: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Global Urban Research Unit
  • Tawfiq M. Abu-Ghazzeh (1994). "Built Form and Religion: Underlying Structures of Jeddah Al-Qademah". Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review. 5. International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments – via University of California, Berkeley. Free access icon
  • "Jeddah", Arab Gulf States, Lonely Planet, 1993, OL 8314448M
Published in 21st century
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