Al-Ḵarāba

Al-Kharabah stands in a depression on the western side of Sahl Rakbah, along the old pilgrimage road to Mecca. Two large reservoirs collected water for travellers, and an aqueduct carried water towards the station from Wadi al-Aqiq. Their stonework belongs to the network of water facilities that made the long journey across the Arabian interior possible for caravans of pilgrims and their animals.