Bariq
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 56 ' N , 41 ° 57' E | ||
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| Country | Saudi Arabia | ||
| Asir | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | SA-14 | ||
| Residents | 50,113 (2010) | ||
| politics | |||
| mayor | Ahmed Awad Al-Bariqi | ||
Bariq (also Bareq , Barik ; Arabic بارق, DMG Bāriq ) is a city in Saudi Arabia . It is located in the southwest of the Arabian Peninsula, about 120 km from Abha . Barik is 380 meters above sea level, belongs to the Asir province and has about 50,000 inhabitants (2010).
history
Bariq is said to have been founded by a Yemeni tribe around 2500 years ago. The natural bay behind a coral reef provided a convenient base for fishermen. In the year 631 who took Banu Bariq to Islam at. Minor uprisings during the Ridda Wars were put down in 632 by the governor of Ta'if ʿUthmān ibn al-ʿĀs. In 634 some men from the Bariq joined the expedition that ʿUmar ibn al-Chattāb sent to Iraq. In the year 658 the Bariq that are in supported Basra had settled, Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan against the Arab tribe of Tamim.
From 1800 to the beginning of the 20th century, Jeddah was administered by the Ottoman Empire and was part of the independent Hejaz. In 1924 the Hejaz came under the rule of Ibn Saud, the founder of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
climate
The average annual temperature is 28 ° C. The warmest months are July and August with an average of over 39 ° C, the coldest January and February with a little over 17 ° C. Summer temperatures can reach over 40 ° C in the shade during the heat waves, which often last several days and occur from June to August. The average annual rainfall is 300 millimeters. Most precipitation falls in the months of November and December with an average of 50 and 64 mm, the lowest precipitation is recorded for the months of May, June and July with an average of 8, 7 and 9 mm.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mahmood Aal-Shobaily al-Bariqi: Al-Shariq: fi tarikh wa jughrāfīat bilād Bāriq .
- ↑ History of al-Tabari Vol. 10, P161 ،
- ↑ Constructing Al-Azd: Tribal Identity and Society in the Early Islamic Centuries ( Memento of the original of December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ،
- ^ History of al-Tabari Vol. 12, P10 ،
- ↑ The Challenge to the Empires P201,200 ،
- ↑ Book The Challenge to the Empires page 220 ،
literature
- Umar Gharāmah al-ʻAmraw: al-Muʻjam al-jughrāfī lil-bilād al-ʻArabīyah al-Saʻūdīyah: bilād Bāriq , Jiddah 1399 AH / 1978.
- Maḥmoud ibn Muḥammad Al Shubaylī: Al-Shariq: fi tarikh wa jughrāfīat bilād Bāriq. , Riyadh " 2001/1422 AH" ISBN 9960-39-969-9 .
- Bāriqī, Aḥmad ibn Marīf: Qabā'il Bāriq al-mu'āṣirah min al-'aṣr al-Jāhilī ilá al-'aṣr al-ḥadīth. Al-Riyadh 2010, ISBN 978-603004369-9 .
- Brain John: Constructing Al-Azd: Tribal Identity and Society in The Early Islamic . The University of Wisconsin - Madison, ProQuest 2008, ISBN 978-0-549-63443-0 .
