Town · Arabia · as at first light, 1 January 1200

al-Aflaj

An oasis of springs and channels (aflaj) south of al-Yamama on the road to Wadi al-Dawasir and Yemen; in the tenth century al-Hamdani placed the Ja'da and Qushayr of the Banu Amir ibn Sa'sa'a here.

No ruler or people is named for 1200.

Who holds it

Title
not known
Since
not pinned
Born
not pinned
Family
not pinned
Confidence
low

No holder named in the sources read.

Council

not recorded

Fairs and markets

not recorded

Walls and castle

not described

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Tenth-century evidence only.

Sources and studies

  1. al-Hamdani, Sifat Jazirat al-Arab (tenth century), the standard description of the tribes and places of the Sarat, Najd and the Hejaz, as used in the Wikipedia tribal articles cited here

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