| Al-Jawf Region | |
| Native Name: | Arabic: منطقة الجوف |
| Official Name: | Al-Jouf |
| Settlement Type: | Region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Saudi Arabia |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Sakakah |
| Parts Type: | Manatiq (Districts) |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 3 |
| Area Total Km2: | 100212 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Total: | 508475 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4.39 |
| Postal Code Type: | ISO 3166-2 |
| Postal Code: | 12 |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name: | Prince Faisal bin Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Governor |
| Leader Name1: | Prince Mutaib bin Mishal bin Badr bin Saud Al Saud[1] |
Al-Jawf Province (Arabic: منطقة الجوف Minṭaqat al-Jawf pronounced [alˈdʒoːf]), also spelled Al-Jouf, is one of the provinces of Saudi Arabia, located in the north of the country, partially bordered by Jordan to the west. It is one of the earliest inhabited regions of Arabian Peninsula, with evidence of human habitation dating back to the Stone Age and the Acheulean tool culture. Human settlement continued unbroken throughout the Copper Age, a period that saw the kingdom of Qidar fight against the Assyrian state for its independence. It is also in this period that references to Arabs first appear in historical texts. A Christian kingdom later emerged under the rule of the Bani Kalb tribe and survived until the arrival of Islam and the Islamic conquest of Al-Jawf. Following the region's Islamization it fell under the control of the Tayy tribe. Al-Jawf was incorporated into the third Saudi state at the time of its formation in 1932. In the 20th century the region was a site of conflict between the Al-Rashid family and the Al-Shaalan family, though it eventually came under the rule of King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud.
The Al-Jawf region is one of the most fertile regions in Saudi Arabia. The area around the town of Tabarjal is known as a national breadbasket due to the variety of crops grown there. Unlike most of the country, parts of Al-Jawf boast a moderate climate, fertile soil, and abundant groundwater, allowing for the unusually high levels of agricultural activity seen in the region.[2] The province is famous for cultivating olive trees[3] and is responsible for approximately 67% of the olive oil made in the Kingdom.[4] Al-Jawf is also home to the widespread cultivation of palm trees and produces approximately 150,000 tons of dates every year.[5]
The word "Al-Jawf" refers to land that has widened and collapsed into a broad cavity. The name is not unique in the Arabian Peninsula and is also used for Yemen's Al Jawf Governorate. The word has been used to refer to locations in Yamamah and Diyar Saad.[6] Other regions bearing the name Al-Jawf include the Jawf of Muammar in the Asir Region[7] and Jawf Bani Hajir in Eastern Province.[8]
The Al-Jawf region was formerly known as Jawf al-Amr and was inhabited by the Tayy tribe. It is also known as Jawf Al-Sirhan, which refers to a valley in the province that extends from the northwestern tip of the An Nafud desert to eastern Jordan.[8] The word al-Jawf is used locally to refer to the city of Dumat al-Jandal.[8]
Archaeological remains indicate that Al-Jawf has been inhabited since prehistoric times. A 1966 expedition to the Columns of Rajajil found numerous stone tools and pottery fractures that were used to date the site to the fourth millennium BC.[9]
The Saudi Department of Antiquities and Museums discovered a site in 1977 near the center of Shuhitia dating to the Stone Age. In 1985, an archaeological team studying the ruins uncovered an additional 16 sites in the vicinity, with most of the locations dating to the Assyrian Early Period.[8]
Al-Jawf has long held regional importance because of its strategic location on the Incense Road. The Assyrians considered the Kingdom of Qedar, whose capital of Dumat al-Jandal is located in Al-Jawf, to be a threat due to its hostility to Assyrian control. It was in this period that the first reference to the Arabs appears in the historical record on a monument built in 853 BC to memorialize of the Battle of Qarqar.[10] The Qedarite Queen Zabibe is listed among the monarchs who had paid tribute to Assyrian King Tiglath-Pileser III.[11] [12]
Queen Samsi of Qedar later rebelled against Tiglath-Pileser III in alliance with the King of Damascus.[13] Assyria suppressed the rebellion, killing 9,400 Qedarite warriors and capturing thousands of prisoners of war.[3] Queen Samsi, realizing that the cause was lost, surrendered and declared obedience to the Assyrian monarchy. Tiglath-Pileser III restored her to the throne and appointed an emmissary with an army of 10,000 men to monitor her.[4]
Hostilities continued under the reign of Queen Yatie, who supported of the Chaldeans under Marduk-apla-iddina II in their successful defense of Babylon against an Assyrian army commanded by King Sennacherib. Queen Yatie also sent her brother to participate in the battle for the city of Kish in 703 BC.
Queen Yatie's successor, Queen Te'el-hunu, was defeated by Sennacherib's forces and retreated to Dumat al-Jandal in 688 BC. Sennacherib captured her there along with the Princess Tabua and transported them to Nineveh.[14]
During the reign of the Assyrian King Esarhaddon the Qedarite King Hazael travelled to the Assyrian capital of Nineveh bearing gifts in an attempt to reacquire sacred relics taken by the Assyrians from Dumat al-Jandal. Esarhaddon accepted and appointed the Princess Tabua as Hazael's co-regent.[15] Yatia succeeded Hazael as King of Qedarites and was quickly met with a rebellion demanding independence from the Assyrians. The rebellion was ultimately suppressed by Assyrian forces.[15]
King Yatia in turn rebelled against Esarhaddon while the latter was campaigning in Egypt against the Pharaoh Taharqa. Esarhaddon's army defeated Yatia and once again seized sacred relics from the Qederites, though Yatia himself survived. Esarhaddon was succeeded by his son Ashurbanipal in 668 BC, and following Ashurbanipal's ascension to the throne King Yatia travelled to Ninevah to request the return of the sacred relics and swear loyalty to the Assyrian state. Following the return of the relics, however, Yatia refused to pay tribute to Assyria and launched a revolt against Assyrian suzerainty. Ashurbanipal sent an army that crushed the uprising and forced Yatia into exile. Resistance to Assyrian power continued under Yatia's successors King Amoladi and Queen Attia, who had also previously been married to Yatia. The new king launched a failed attack on the Assyrian state and was captured by King Kamish of Moab. Amoladi and Attia were taken to Nineveh where they were punished by Ashurbanipal.
Ashurbanipal then appointed Abb Yatia Bin Tari King of the Qedarites, but the move backfired as Abb Yatia backed Ashurbanipal's older brother Shamash-shum-ukin when he launched a rebellion to usurp the throne in 652 BC. Abb Yatia failed to enter Babylon with his army and was routed by forces loyal to Ashurbanipal. After once again pleading fealty to the Assyrian crown he was allowed to remain King of Qedar. Abb Yatia rebelled once again with the support of the former Qedari King Yatia bin Hazael. This time, however, Ashurbanipal launched a major campaign against the Kingdom of Qedar, definitively ending the Qedarite resistance.
The Assyrian Empire ceased to function shortly after the sack of Ninevah in 612 BC. It was replaced as the regional power in Al-Jawf by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which at least initially led to a period of relative peace. This period of peace lasted until Nabonidus rose to power in 556 BC and sought to occupy several areas to the south of Al-Jawf including Tayma, Lihyan, Khaybar, and Medina. While the specifics are not entirely clear, it is possible that the Qedarite Kingdom cooperated with Nabonidus in his conquest of the Kingdom of Tayma.[6] The Neo-Babylonian Empire collapsed and Nabonidus' reign was terminated when Babylon was captured by the Achaemenid King Cyrus the Great in 539 BC.
The Kingdom of Qedar came to rule a large area in the second half of the fifth century BC including southern Palestine, the Sinai Peninsula, the southern regions of eastern Jordan, and parts of the Hejaz.[7] [8] Both the Bible and Herodotus record that the Qederite Geshem the Arabian feuded with Nehemiah over whether to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in 445 BC.[8] Silver vessels have been uncovered near Pithom that bear the name of the Qederite King Qinu ibn Geshem, the king of Qidar, who is believed to be the son of Geshem the Arabian.[8] [16]
References to the Qedarites start to be replaced in the historical record with references to the Nabataeans following Alexander the Great's conquest of Gaza in 332 BC. The Nabataean Kingdom seized control of the regional incense trade in this period.[17] In 106 AD, the last Nabataean King Rabbel II died and the Nabataean Kingdom was conquered by the Roman Emperor Trajan and turned into Arabia Petraea.[18]
The former Qaderite capital of Dumat al-Jandal continued to serve as a major regional urban center into the Byzantine era and was home to a major marketplace. Following Byzantine rule Al-Jawf came under the control of the Kalb tribe and then the Kingdom of Kinda.
Muhammad invaded al-Jawf twice as part of his Arab conquests between 622 and 632. Following the second conquest led by Muslim leader Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf the region converted to Islam.
When Abu Bakr became caliph in 632 he launched the Ridda wars against rebel Arab tribes in a number of regions, including Al-Jawf. In 633 a Rashidun Army under Khalid ibn al-Walid persecuted rebels in the region following al-Walid's victory at the Battle of Ayn al-Tamr. He successfully captured and occupied Dumat al-Jandal before retreating back to Al-Hirah.
Imru Al Qais bin Al Asbagh Al Kalbi ruled the region during the reign of the Caliph Umar between 634 and 644. Marwan bin Al Hakam ruled Al-Jawf during the reign of the Caliph Uthman in the 640s and 650s.
The Tayy tribe became dominant in the Al-Jawf region during the 10th century. The Al-Fadl family from the Tayy tribe ruled the area between the 12th and 14th centuries. The Tayy began raiding Al-Shami, a location on the Egyptian Hajj route, in the 16th century. In 1521 the Ottoman Empire agreed to pay the Tayy tribe to cease their attacks on the Hajj route.
Al-Jawf was incorporated into the first Saudi state in 1793 during the reign of Imam Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad. The incorporation of the region was not achieved peacefully; Imam Muhammad sent an army to the Al Jawf that conquered three towns, killed many local civilians, and besieged the major population centers until they pledged allegiance to the Saudi state. During the reign of Imam Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, which lasted from 1803 to 1814, the area remained under Saudi control.
In the mid-19th century the region became part of the Emirate of Jabal Shammar, which was ruled by the Rashidi dynasty and nominally affiliated with the second Saudi state. In 1838 Abdullah bin Ali Al Rashid sent an army of 3,000 men led by his brother Ubaid to attack al-Jawf and collect zakat, but the region was not formally conquered at that time. In 1853 Talal bin Abdullah Al Rashid sent another army to Al-Jawf that conquered and incorporated the region within Jabal Shammar over the course of a two-year campaign.
Muhsin al-Shaalan, Nuri Al Shalaan's cousin, ceded the Qurayyat (Qurayyat al-Salt) region, which is the last remaining part of the al-Jawf region, and he ceded it in favor of the Saudi state. Ibn Battah was appointed a follower of Abdullah al-Tamimi, the emir of al-Jawf, The Emirate of Transjordan, however, rejected this. It saw that it was more deserving to rule the Qurayyat region, so it escalates with the Saudi state by demanding of establish a neutral zone between the two countries, the withdrawal of the Saudis from the Hijaz, and the return of the Al-Rashid family in Hail and the family of Al-Ayed in Asir to authority. This was rejected by Saudi state. As a reaction of that, Saudi forces crawled over the Jordanian villages until they reached Yadodah, a few miles away from the city of Amman. At that time Britain intervened by bombing the Saudi forces and forcing them to withdraw and return to the dialogue. Which was the case so the Saudi state agreed with Britain, which represents East Jordan, to give the Qurayyat region to Saudi Arabia and protect Saudi trade with Syria. That agreement was known as the Hada agreement. After the annexation of the Hijaz, the Qurayyat region was known as the "Emirate of Qurayyat and the Northern Border Inspectorate." At the end of 1931, King Abdulaziz appointed governor for the second time Turki bin Ahmed Al-Sudairy a prince on Al-Jouf, and he moved the capital from Dumat al-Jandal to Sakaka. One of the most important events that passed on Al-Jouf during this period is the protection of Sultan al-Atrash, the leader of the Great Syrian Revolution in Al-Jouf region from 1927 to 1932 ..
In the year 1358 AH, governmental departments in the Qurayyat region moved from the village of Kaf to the village of Nabak (which later became known as the City of Qurayyat). In 1957 Tabarjal was established after a part of the Shararat tribe settled in the region. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed an agreement with the Kingdom of Jordan which was known as the Amman Agreement in 1965 to delineate the borders in the north of the Hijaz and confirm the previous agreement. In 1991, the zoning system was issued during the reign of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and the Qurayyat region merged with the Jawf region and Tabuk region. The system also resulted in the formation of the District Council, which consists of 33 members, twenty of whom are residents of the region, and the rest are state employees.
Population growth in the Al-Jouf region is generally high, with a population of 520,737 people, according to the report of the General Authority for Statistics for the year (2018). [58] [59]
| year | Saudi Males | Saudi Females | Total Saudis | Non-Saudi Males | Non-Saudi Females | Total Non-Saudis | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 112,403 | 111,003 | 223,406 | 33,699 | 11,123 | 44,822 | 268,228 | |
| 2004 | 154,302 | 153,732 | 308,034 | 40,754 | 12,950 | 53,704 | 361,738 | |
| 2010 | 177,379 | 171,733 | 349,112 | 71,231 | 19,666 | 90,897 | 440,009 | |
| 2017 | 192,770 | 186,981 | 379,751 | 96,644 | 32,080 | 128,724 | 508,475 | |
| 2018 | 196,228 | 190,435 | 386,663 | 100,760 | 33,314 | 134,074 | 520,737 |
Al-Jouf region is located in the northwest of the Kingdom, and it is bordered by three Saudi administrative regions which are the Northern Border region to the north and east, the Hail region to the southeast, the Tabuk region to the southwest, and one country is the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the north and northwest.
There are many lava fields, hills and mountains in the region, such as:
The Great Nafud desert is located in the Al-Jouf region, which was previously known as Sand Alaj. It extends from Al-Jouf in its west to Hail in the east, and its area is approximately 64,630 km2.
There are many short and large valleys in the region, but the most famous one is the Sirhan Valley. It is the most important valley of Al-Jouf, its length is 180 km, and it has an importance in agriculture in the region. There are several other important valleys such as Wadi Fajr and its length is 135 km. It flows into the Valley of Sirhan, [Wadi Al-Ayli is the largest of Harra Al-Harra and one of [[Wadi Sirhan|Siran valleys]]. There are also other valleys, such as: Wadi Al-Shuhatiyah, Wadi Al-Merir, Wadi Hasida, Wadi Baar, Wadi Al-Safa, Wadi Hadraj, Wadi Al-Moi, and Wadi Al-Bayer.
Other than the valleys, there are Khabara (Swamps). The most famous one is Khabara Al-Amhas, which is a land where rainwater collects, some plants grow in, and is located in the desert of Hammad. There also are many Sabkhas. The most popular is Sabkah Hadhodha, which is located near Al-Issawiya and covers an area of 540 km2, thus making it the largest Sabkhas of the kingdom's.
Al-Jouf is also famous for Dumat al-Jandal Lake, and it is 585 meters above sea level, with an area of one million and one hundred thousand square meters.
Al-Jawf region falls within the semi-tropical high pressure belt, which makes wind an influence in the region. In the winter, the arid northeast winds blow, making Al Jouf's weather stable and cool in this season. The astronomical location of the region may cause the development of air fronts as a result of the collision of the arid northeast winds with the humid southwest winds, causing Precipitation. The maritime impact on the region is limited because the geographical location of the Jawf is far from the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Arabian Gulf, and the winds through which it does not help in the rains. The Mediterranean is the sea that most affects the region.
The region is one of the coldest regions in Saudi Arabia during winter. Temperature reaches only 15 Celsius during the day in January, it drops to two degrees in the evening, and it may reach below zero. In summer, temperatures reach 40 degrees Celsius in late July, and at night it drops to 19 degrees in the north of the region and 23 in the south. High and low temperatures adversely affect the region in water loss, plant wilt or frost formation and damage to agricultural crops.
Rain falls in the region mostly between October and May in the fall and winter seasons, and it decreases during the rest of the year. The average annual rainfall is about 80 mm. The rains are fluctuating, falling one year significantly, but little in another year. In general, however, when it is raining accompanied by the formation of hail, strong wind, thunderstorms, and torrential torrents. This fluctuation and changing factors are detrimental to the region and its agricultural economy.
| Climate Data of Al-Jouf | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual average | |
| Maximum Temperature Fahrenheit (Celsius) | 86.5 (30.3) | 90.7 (32.6) | 97.9 (36.6) | 104.7 (40.4) | 108.7 (42.6) | 113.0 (45.0) | 116.6 (47.0) | 116.1 (46.7) | 113.4 (45.2) | 104.4 (40.2) | 104.7 (40.4) | 86.0 (30.0) | 116.6 (47.0) | |
| Average of Minimum Temperature Fahrenheit (Celsius) | 60.3 (15.7) | 65.1 (18.4) | 73.4 (23.0) | 84.4 (29.1) | 93.6 (34.2) | 100.9 (38.3) | 103.8 (39.9) | 105.3 (40.7) | 99.9 (37.7) | 89.2 (31.8) | 74.7 (23.7) | 63.7 (17.6) | 84.5 (29.2) | |
| Daily Average Fahrenheit (Celsius) | 49.5 (9.7) | 53.8 (12.1) | 61.5 (16.4) | 72.1 (22.3) | 81.3 (27.4) | 88.2 (31.2) | 91.0 (32.8) | 92.1 (33.4) | 86.5 (30.3) | 76.5 (24.7) | 63.0 (17.2) | 52.5 (11.4) | 72.3 (22.4) | |
| Average of Minimum Temperature Fahrenheit (Celsius) | 39.0 (3.9) | 42.3 (5.7) | 48.7 (9.3) | 58.3 (14.6) | 67.3 (19.6) | 72.9 (22.7) | 75.9 (24.4) | 76.8 (24.9) | 71.4 (21.9) | 63.3 (17.4) | 51.6 (10.9) | 42.1 (5.6) | 59.1 (15.1) | |
| The lowest Temperature Fahrenheit (Celsius) | 21.2 (−6.0) | 19.4 (−7.0) | 32.0 (0.0) | 33.8 (1.0) | 51.8 (11.0) | 59.0 (15.0) | 62.6 (17.0) | 65.8 (18.8) | 35.6 (2.0) | 48.2 (9.0) | 29.5 (−1.4) | 24.1 (−4.4) | 19.4 (−7.0) | |
| Rainfall inch (mm) | 0.52 (13.2) | 0.25 (6.4) | 0.23 (5.9) | 0.20 (5.0) | 0.07 (1.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.00 (0.1) | 0.02 (0.6) | 0.26 (6.5) | 0.28 (7.2) | 0.38 (9.6) | 2.21 (56.3) | |
| Humidity (%) | 57 | 45 | 35 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 31 | |
| The General Authority of Meteorology and Environmenal : 1985–2010 seasons | ||||||||||||||
The region is divided into the emirate's headquarters located in Sakaka Governorate, two (type A) governorates, the Qurayyat Governorate, and the Duma al-Jandal, and one (B) Governorate, Tabarjal. These governorates are divided into centers affiliated with them. The number of centers in the Al-Jouf region is 33 centers distributed among the four governorates. These centers are:
| Governorate | Centers | Total Population (2010) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sakaka | Swayer | 176,266 people | |
| KHowaa | |||
| Al-Fayyad | |||
| Athefa | |||
| Morair | |||
| Talaa Amar | |||
| Zalom | |||
| Um Athen | |||
| Al-showehatiah | |||
| Al-rafaeah | |||
| Hodab | |||
| Moq’era | |||
| Hurrah | |||
| Gader Al-khail | |||
| Qurayyat | Haditha port | 147,550 people | |
| Al-essayuiah | |||
| Ein Al-Hawas | |||
| Al nasfaah | |||
| Al-hamad | |||
| Al-wadi | |||
| Qulib Khodoor | |||
| Radeefah Al-Jamajm | |||
| Duma al-Jandal | Abu-Ajram | 44,760 people | |
| Al-Adhara | |||
| Asfan | |||
| Al-shagig | |||
| Al-radeefah | |||
| Tabarjal | Nabk Abu-qasir | 71,433 people |
Since annexation of the region to rule the third Saudi state, several princes have ruled it, including Turki bin Ahmed Al Sudairi, who ruled for two different periods, and they are:
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| 1 | Assaf Al-Hussein | 1341 | 1343 | -|-|2|Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Aqeel Al-Tamimi|1343|1345|- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Turki bin Ahmed Al-Sudairy | 1345 | 1346 | The first period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Abdul Rahman bin Saeed | 1346 | 1348 | -|-|5|Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman Al-Nashmi|1348|1349|Acting prince|-|6|Turki bin Ahmed Al-Sudairy|1349|1351|The second period|-|7|Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Sudairy|1352|1357|-|-|8|Mohammed bin Ahmed Al-Sudairy|1357|1362|- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Abdul Rahman bin Ahmed Al-Sudairy | 1362 | 1410 | -|-|10|Sultan bin Abdul Rahman Al-Sudairy|1410|1419|- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Abdul Ilah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud | 1419 | 1423 | -|-|12|Fahad bin Badr bin Abdulaziz Al Saud|1423|1439|- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | 1439 | 1440 | -|-|14|Faisal bin Nawwaf bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud|1440|The current prince||}The princes of the Qurayyat regionNine princes have followed over the Qurayyat region from the time Muhsin al-Sha’lan abdicated it until her annexation to the Al-Jawf region, and they are: [47] [89]
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