Dumat al-Jandal

A town that, according to Ibn Ishaq, was ruled by Ukaydir ibn Abd al-Malik al-Kindi, a Christian. The Prophet sent Khalid ibn al-Walid to it from Tabuk.

Its approximate coordinates are 29.8114 north and 39.8683 east. ¹

The museum's material on this place includes two events that took place there and one polity of which it was a capital. Events: 2. Polities it was capital of: 1.

Events that took place here

• The expedition to Dumat al-Jandal (626 CE)
• Khalid's expedition to Ukaydir of Dumat (630 CE)

Polities it was capital of

• The Ghassanid kingdom (220 CE)

This page gathers what the museum links to the place: events, people and buildings. It is not a full historical description of the place. The description and history of the place, from the original sources, will be added in the next batches.