Al-Harjah Village, the main destination of Haj pilgrims and trade caravans

There are forts and cantonments around the village (Photo: SPA).

The historic village of Asir in Saudi Arabia become famous withinside the past as a junction for trade caravans, a vacationer house for pilgrims from Yemen, and an important holiday spot on the historic trade route.

Harja village is 140 kilometers south of Abha on the Khamis Mushit highway (Photo: SPA).

According to the Saudi facts business enterprise SPA, Al-Harja village is positioned one hundred forty kilometers south of Abha on Zahran al-Janoob Khamis Mushit highway.

Al-Harjah Village, the main destination of Haj pilgrims and trade caravans

Hashim Al-Nuami, an expert withinside the information of Asir, at the same time as introducing the Al-Harja Quriya, said that there is an antique wall spherical it. There are four gates in south, north, east and west. Near its southern the front is a mosque that is about one thousand years antique. There is a 30 meter deep well carved out of the mountain rock at its side. To the south of it there is a huge mosque about 600 years antique.

In the south is the 600-year-old Grand Mosque (Photo: SPA).

The village appears very attractive with apprehend to its houses and neighborhoods. Most are six memories high. The balconies of the neighborhoods look attractive. Their doors and domestic home windows are made from wood. They are exceedingly embellished with vegetation and carved into patterns.

The map of the homes has been organized very thoughtfully. Houses constructed on every ground are for precise purposes. For example, the floor ground changed into used as a warehouse for agricultural produce and animal fodder. In historical times, the primary ground changed into used as a farm animals shed, at the same time as the second one and 0.33 flooring are used as visitor quarters. The 2nd and 0.33 flooring have characteristic halls wherein visitors are welcomed and accommodated.

In the south is the 600-year-old Grand Mosque (Photo: SPA).

The fourth and 5th flooring could be reserved for ladies and children, in a multi-own circle of relatives household. The higher flooring had been reserved for men. At the give up of the palace or residence changed into the men's sitting room, from wherein they could hold an eye fixed at the modifications withinside the complete village, and there has been additionally a kitchen connected to it.

There are forts and cantonments across the village. Some of them are extinct. There are only a few forts left, amongst them Qila Al Qahra is notable. It is likewise well-known for its specific architecture.

Al-Harja is the antique marketplace withinside the middle of the village. It changed into called 'Souq al-Athnain' (Peer Bazaar). It is one of the maximum well-known public markets of Asir place.

Over the beyond decades, investors and clients from all components of the Asir place have come to go to Souq Al-Athnain. It incorporates numerous sorts of equipment. In particular, leather-based products, furniture, handicrafts, timber items and agricultural implements were sold. Apart from seasonal fruits, honey, actual ghee, farm animals, birds and nearby espresso also are identified here.

Harja Bazar is one of the maximum well-known facilities of espresso. Many humans additionally don't forget it through the call of 'Kawah Harjiya'. From here, Kahwah has been despatched to Najd through Bisha.