Dumat Al-Jandal

Dumat al-Jandal (Arabic: دُومَة ٱلْجَنْدَل, romanized: Dūmat al-Jandal, lit. 'Dumah of the Stone', pronounced [ˈduːmat alˈdʒandal]), also known as Al-Jawf or Al-Jouf (Arabic: ٱلْجَوْف, lit. 'cavity/depression'), which refers to Wadi Sirhan, is an ancient city of ruins and the historical capital of the region that is now al-Jouf Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is located 37 kilometres (23 mi) from Sakaka. The city stood north of the Nafud desert and at one end of Wadi Sirhan, at a major intersection of ancient trade routes part of what is known as the incense trade route, with one branch linking the various sources of valuable goods in India and South Arabia with Lower Mesopotamia, and another linking the Persian Gulf through Wadi Sirhan with southern Syria. It is surrounded by the historical Dumat al-Jandal Wall and stands within an oasis. Some scholars identify this site as territory of Dumah, one of the twelve sons of Ishmael mentioned in the Book of Genesis.

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