Bada' Yaqub'

Bada' Yaqub is an oasis northeast of al-Wajh, surrounded by mountains and intersected by dry valleys. Wells support gardens in this otherwise arid country. Medieval geographers placed Bada on the inland Egyptian pilgrimage road between the northern Red Sea coast and Wadi al-Qura. Al-Bakri named it on the route from Medina to Egypt, while Ibn Khordadbeh listed it among the stopping places used by travellers coming in the opposite direction.