Al-Ajfar

Al-Ajfar was a watering place on the road from Kufa to Mecca, between al-Khuzaymiyya and Fayd. Its name was associated with broad pits and wells, and the station possessed a pool, a mosque and a palace. More wells lay a short distance from the road, while the pool of al-Billa stood on the way towards Fayd. These works furnished travellers with water across a dry stretch of northern Arabia.