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A researcher from the Ala Royal Commission said that "Mount Aqra", located between the Ola mountain range, contains 450 ancient Arabic prints, making it an ancient historical code used by passers-by for many years to describe their travels and write their name.
Dr. Ahmed Al-Abboudi said that Jabal Al-Aqra was one of the most important historical sites of Al-Ula, highlighting its aesthetic value confirming the existence of the calligraphist profession on the mountain in antiquity and highlighting the fact that there was someone gifted in this art and who won a reward for engraving the mountains in style. Arab.
Al-Abboudi added that the calligraphers used two lines, "Al-Aqra" and "Al-Kufa", which are the Kufic and the civil. The oldest inscriptions would come from the reign of Caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab.
He pointed out that the most important words written on the mountain are: "This mountain is bald and whoever enters without water will dream only of himself." There is a warning about crossing the area without water. It is an area where water is scarce and traffic difficult.
The "Al-Aqra Mountain" is located on the floor called "Al-Khuraisha" located on the road linking Tabouk to Ala, and comes after the Barika on the old trade route and the way of pilgrimage Al-Haj.
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