Al-Ḡazāla

Al-Ghazalah stands west of Jabal Rumman, south of Hail, among palm groves and the dry valleys of northern Najd. An old watering place of the Banu Asad, it grew into a settlement of earthen houses and fortified dwellings. Dates on some buildings point to construction in 1699. The town wall, built on the orders of Turki ibn Abd Allah, consisted of two thick walls with earth packed between them to resist gunfire.