Ghanaiy

Al-Qanaiʼy (Arabic: حلة القناعي), or in Najdi vernacular pronunciation as al-Ghanaiy, was a quarter and a douar within the city walls in the erstwhile fortress-city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,[1][2] located between Mugailiyah and Muraighib in the northwestern part of the walled town.[3][4]

Al-Ghanaiy
القناعي
Neighbourhood
Qaisiriya Ibn Qulaib, 1965
Coordinates: 24°37′46″N 46°42′50″E
CountrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
RegionOld Riyadh
Named foral-Qanaiʼy family
Language
 • OfficialArabic

The quarter was attributed to the family of al-Qanaiʼy, who owned the land in the area[5] and hosted two small markets, Qaisiriya Ibn Qulaib (later Souq al-Ushaiger) and Qaisiriya Prince Saad bin Abdullah.[6][7][8][9][10]

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  3. الوشمي, أحمد بن مساعد عبدالله (2018-05-03). الرياض مدينة وسكانا: كيف كانت وكيف عاشوا؟ (in Arabic). العبيكان للنشر.
  4. "وسط الرياض.. حنين على ما تبقى من ذكريات!". www.alriyadh.com. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. "ماضي". archive.aawsat.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  6. Naʻim, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ʻAbd al-Raḥmān (1972). المملكة العربية السعودية بين الماضى و الحاضر (in Arabic).
  7. al-Usbūʻ al-ʻArabī (in Arabic). al-Muʼassasah al-Sharqīyah lil-Ṭibāʻah wa-al-Nashr fī Lubnān. April 1965.
  8. Sijill al-ʻArab: al-Tabʻah 1 (in Arabic). Muʾassasat Sijill al-ʻArab. 1962.
  9. The Arab Record: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopaedia in Science, Letters and Economy from the Arabian Gulf to the Atlantic, 1379 H.--1960 A.D. (in Arabic). Arab Economic & Cultural Relations Company. 1960.
  10. "إمبراطوريات المال في نجد.. "عرق الجبين" أنصف "الشرفاء"". www.alriyadh.com. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2024.


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