Timeline of Jeddah

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

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Prior to 20th century
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  • 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.
  • 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. Britannica 1910.
  2. Bosworth 2007.
  3. Milburn 1813.
  4. Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, ArchNet, archived from the original on March 2012
  5. Daghistani 1993.
  6. "Spreading the Word: Who's Who in the Arab Media", New York Times, 6 February 2005
  7. "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.
  8. 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
  9. Richard Green (2004). "Major Non-UN Organizations". Chronology of International Organizations. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-35590-6.
  10. 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.
  11. M. Kabir Hassan; Mervyn Lewis, eds. (2007). Handbook of Islamic Banking. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84720-541-4.
  12. "Organizations". International Relations and Security Network. Switzerland: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  13. Andrea L. Stanton, ed. (2012). Middle East. Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Africa, and Asia: an Encyclopedia. Sage. ISBN 9781412981767.
  14. "About the Library". King Abdulaziz Public Library. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  15. Nancy Um (2012). "Reflections on the Red Sea Style: Beyond the Surface of Coastal Architecture". Northeast African Studies. 12.
  16. "Saudi Women And the Right To Play Sports". New York Times. 20 November 2010.
  17. Ali Jaafar (20 July 2009). "Saudi Arabia nixes Jeddah festival". Variety. Los Angeles.
  18. Karen Elliott House (2013). On Saudi Arabia. Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-307-47328-8.
  19. "Jeddah Municipality". Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  20. "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
  21. "Floods inundate Saudi city". Al Jazeera.com. 27 January 2011.
  22. "Saudi Women Defy Driving Ban". New York Times. 17 June 2011.
  23. World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on 28 March 2014

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. International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. 5 – via University of California, Berkeley. icon of an open green padlock
  • "Jeddah", Arab Gulf States, Lonely Planet, 1993, OL 8314448M
Published in 21st century
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