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Jabal Masher (Arabic: جبل مسحر) is a mountain in Saudi Arabia.,[1] that is 2640m in height.

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Location


Mount Masar is located at 18°12′32″N 43°12′33E near the Yemen border and near al Jawf, in the area of Muammar, and has a height above sea level of more than 2600 metres.[2]


History


The mountain has an ancient history including many ancient carvings and the "path of the elephant", a route historically linked to the attempt by Abraha Al-Ashram, the Aksumite, Christian ruler of Yemen to demolish the Kaaba,[3] during the Year of the Elephant, described in the Quran.[4][5]


References


  1. Google maps.
  2. شبكة قحطان.
  3. ^ الباحة اليوم.
  4. "Abraha." Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Dictionary of African Christian Biographies. 2007. (last accessed 11 April 2007)
  5. "Walter W. Müller, "Outline of the History of Ancient Southern Arabia," in Werner Daum (ed.), Yemen: 3000 Years of Art and Civilisation in Arabia Felix. 1987". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-07-18.


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