Al-Qiri
حي القري
Coordinates: 24°37′41″N 46°42′56″E / 24.62806°N 46.71556°E / 24.62806; 46.71556
CountrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
RegionOld Riyadh
Named forAl-Qiri Gate
Government
  BodyBaladiyah Al Batha
Language
  OfficialArabic

Al-Qiri (Arabic: القري, romanized: al-Qirī) or al-Jiri,[1] is a subject of Baladiyah al-Batha and is one of the oldest neighborhoods of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[2][3][4][5] It shares close proximity to al-Dirah and Jabrah neighborhoods. It is named after the al-Qiri Gate of the former city wall.

References

  1. Facey, William (1992). Riyadh, the Old City: From Its Origins Until the 1950s. Immel. ISBN 978-0-907151-32-6.
  2. "الإدارة العامة للنظافة". archive.ph. 2015-04-19. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  3. "أحياء الرياض القديمة.."التاريخ" حفظ الأسماء و"الحاضر" أهمل الأماكن!". www.alriyadh.com. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
  4. القشعمي, ذاكرة محمد بن عبدالرزاق (2012-08-16). "الرياض والتحول من قرية إلى مدينة حديثة!!". Okaz (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  5. "درب "أبا القد".. من معبر للجمال إلى طريق حديث يربط الرياض بالحجاز". archive.aawsat.com. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
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