Jabal Masher

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

location of Saudi Arabia

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]

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References

Google maps.
شبكة قحطان.
^ الباحة اليوم.
"Abraha." Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Dictionary of African Christian Biographies. 2007. (last accessed 11 April 2007)
"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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[1] Google maps.

[2] شبكة قحطان.

[3] الباحة اليوم.

[DACB-4] "Abraha." Archived 2016-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Dictionary of African Christian Biographies. 2007. (last accessed 11 April 2007)

[Muller-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.