Al-Mu'aẓẓam

Al-Mu'azzam was a station on the Syrian pilgrimage road south of Tabuk. A fort guarded travellers and stored provisions, while a spring supplied water to reservoirs beside it. The pools offered a resting place for pilgrims and their animals on the long journey through the northern Hejaz. These works formed part of a chain of fortified stations established to protect and provision the caravan route to Medina and Mecca.