The Westin Jeddah



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FULL SERVICE HOTELYEAR BUILT 2000ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION JEDDAH IS THE LARGEST CITY IN SAUDIA ARABIAS WESTERN PROVINCE AND WAS ONCE NESTLED SLEEPILY ON THE SHORES OF THE RED SEA WITH NO PREMONITION OF ITS PRESTIGIOUS FUTURE. TODAY IT HUMS..GLITTERS AND RESOUNDS WITH INDUSTRY..TECHNOLOGY AND COSMOPOLITAN HUMAN LIFE. IT HAS GROWN FROM ITS HUMBLE ORIGINS. JEDDAH BEGAN ABOUT 2500 YEARS AGO AS A TINY FISHING SETTLEMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE QUADAS TRIBE IN 547AD. CALIPH OSMAN IBN AFFAN CHOSE JEDDAH AS THE MAIN PORT OF THE CITY OF MAKKAH AND IT BECAME KNOWN AS BILAD AL KANASIL THE CITY OF CONSULATES. ORIGINALLY 4 GATES WERE SET IN THESE WALLS..BAB SHERIF OPENING TOWARDS THE SOUTH..BAB MAKKAH FACING THE EAST..BAB MADINAHIN FACING THE NORTH WALL AND A WEST GATE FACING THE RED SEA







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