Ghanaiy Explained

Al-Ghanaiy
Demographics1 Title1:	Official
Demographics Type1:	Language
Native Name:	القناعي
Subdivision Type2:	City
Subdivision Name2:	Riyadh
Subdivision Name3:	Old Riyadh
Subdivision Type3:	Region
Subdivision Name:	Saudi Arabia
Subdivision Type:	Country
Settlement Type:	Neighbourhood
Demographics1 Info1:	Arabic
Native Name Lang:	ar
Named For:	al-Qanaiʼy family

Al-Qanaiʼy, or in Najdi vernacular pronunciation as al-Ghanaiy, was a quarter and a douar within the city walls in the erstwhile fortress-city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,^{[1] [2]} located between Mugailiyah and Muraighib in the northwestern part of the walled town.^{[3] [4]}

The quarter was attributed to the family of al-Qanaiʼy, who owned the land in the area^[5] and hosted two small markets, Qaisiriya Ibn Qulaib (later Souq al-Ushaiger) and Qaisiriya Prince Saad bin Abdullah.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: بيوت وقصور الرياض الطينية كنوز تراثية في طي النسيان . 2024-02-11 . www.al-jazirah.com.
2. Web site: عبدالرحمن الرويشد.. موسوعة من القيم النبيلة وكنز المعرفة الأصيلة . 2024-02-11 . www.al-jazirah.com.
3. Book: الوشمي, أحمد بن مساعد عبدالله . الرياض مدينة وسكانا: كيف كانت وكيف عاشوا؟ . 2018-05-03 . العبيكان للنشر . ar.
4. Web site: 6 August 2014 . وسط الرياض.. حنين على ما تبقى من ذكريات! . 11 February 2024 . www.alriyadh.com.
5. Web site: ماضي . 2024-02-11 . archive.aawsat.com . ar.
6. Book: Naʻim, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ʻAbd al-Raḥmān . المملكة العربية السعودية بين الماضى و الحاضر . 1972 . ar.
7. Book: al-Usbūʻ al-ʻArabī . April 1965 . al-Muʼassasah al-Sharqīyah lil-Ṭibāʻah wa-al-Nashr fī Lubnān . ar.
8. Book: Sijill al-ʻArab: al-Tabʻah 1 . 1962 . Muʾassasat Sijill al-ʻArab. . ar.
9. Book: The Arab Record: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopaedia in Science, Letters and Economy from the Arabian Gulf to the Atlantic, 1379 H.--1960 A.D. . 1960 . Arab Economic & Cultural Relations Company . ar.
10. Web site: 18 February 2011 . إمبراطوريات المال في نجد.. "عرق الجبين" أنصف "الشرفاء" . 11 February 2024 . www.alriyadh.com.