Hillat al-Muʼaykaliyah () or al-Muʼeiqiliah, and in
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*People of Najd
* Najdi (surname)
*Najdi Arabic
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vernacular pronunciation as al-Mugailiyah or al-Maigliah, was a residential quarter and a douar within the
city walls
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in the erstwhile fortress-city of
Riyadh
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,
Saudi Arabia
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, located west of
Duhairah
Hillat Al-Duhairah (), alternatively transliterated as al-Zuhayri, was a neighborhood and a douar partially within the former city walls that is under rehabilitation in southern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Located in close proximity to the Qasr al-Hukm D ...
in the northwestern corner of the walled town. It contained the sub-quarter of Hillat al-Ata'if () and al-Muʼeiqiliah Mosque, al-Ata'if Mosque as well as Ibn Suleiman School. The douar ceased to exist in the aftermath of the demolition of
city walls
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in 1950 and subsequent expansion of Riyadh into a metropolis between the 1950s and 1970s. It is today largely situated on the site of
Al Maigliah Market Center in the
Qasr Al Hukm District
Qasr al-Hukm District () or the Justice Palace District (), is a term used to define the area within the perimeters of the erstwhile walled town of Riyadh in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, encompassing present-day districts of ad-Dirah and ad-Doho, that ...
.
The quarter was inhabited mostly by professionals and craftsmen and was bounded by al-Suwailem Street from the east, al-Ghanaiy quarter from the south and al-Badiʼah Gate from the west, which served as the main northwestern entrance to the town.
References
Neighbourhoods in Riyadh
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