Bāriq

Bariq lies between the Asir mountains and the Red Sea coast, in a country of valleys, plains and stone-built villages. The old village of Sahil descends from a hillside toward the Thursday market. An inscription on one of its forts is dated 433 AH, or 1041–42, attesting to the antiquity of settlement here. Multi-storey stone houses and fortified buildings stand among the valleys of the Bariq country.