Jeddah was until 1366 AH (1947 AD) inside a wall surrounded by all its sides. Surrounding the mosque was ordered by Sultan Abu Al-Nasr Qansuh al-Ashraf of Beverdi al-Ghouri, the last Mamluk Sultans in Egypt in 917 AH (1509 AD) to protect them from raids by the Portuguese invaders in their quest to control Navigation in the Red Sea. One of his commanders, Sa'id al-Kurdi, was entrusted with the task, which he used to harness the people, their great and young, to build the wall. And penetrated the wall (7) Gates linked Jeddah to the outside world. It is certain that these seven gates were built in stages as necessary.
Is the last gate built on the walls where it was built at the beginning of the Saudi gov.
House Batterjee is the seat of the former American Embassy(SCTH)
Rabat is a charity housing for the poor and poor women ....
160 years old building of the family of Zainal in the historical Jeddah Owned by Ali Zainal(SCTH) .
The former headquarters of the Arab American Oil Company (Aramco) owned by Ahmed Omar Bajnid(SCTH)
Situated in al-Mazloum neighbourhood, the house was built some 150 years ago ....
Bayt al-Hazazi is owned by al-Hazazi family , among them Mohammed al-Hazazi, the first mayor of Jeddah in the Saudi era. (SCTH) .
Ribat Alkonge alkaber has a similar C-shaped plan, but on a somewhat larger scale ....
Built and owned by Mohammed Abdul Rashid Al Othmani 1333 AH .
This house is the home of Mohiuddin Nazer and his family, and in this house is an old carpentry shop for Mohammed Zaker
This house was owned by the Salama family and was then bought and renovated by Ahmed Badib
This house was owned by Suleiman kabel and his family, which was named .. .
It was built in 1301 AH by the dean of the family Sheikh Abdullah bin Obaid Salloum
TLocated in the Mazloum quarter, Bayt Ba`ishan was built in 1341 AH (1923 AD).
The house is situated in the Mazloum Quarter of the old city. It has a compact plan with a two entrances but a single square staircase .
It was built in the seventeenth century by Sheikh Mohammed al-Mutabouli, may God have mercy on him
The house was built between 1872 and 1881 by a Jeddah landowner, Sheikh `Umar Effendi al-Naseef, wakilof Jeddah for the Sharif of Makkah