Az-Zubayir

Az-Zubayir lies in the Wadi al-Qura country of the northern Hejaz, among valleys and rocky uplands west of al-Ula. The wider district contains a succession of oases and settlements whose gardens are watered from wells and springs. Routes through these valleys linked the Arabian interior to the Red Sea and to the road followed by pilgrims travelling south from Syria towards Medina.