Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Muhammad most popular name for London babies


Muhammad is the most popular name for baby boys in London for the first time, the Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.

Combined spellings of the Muslim prophet’s name have topped the list of names for newborn boys in England for the past three years, but now the single spelling Muhammad has ranked highest in the capital with 768 registered births last year, ahead of Daniel with 666.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Jeddah Memories

Jeddah Sea-port

Jeddah came under the sway of the Al-Saud dynasty in December 1925. In 1926, Ibn Saud added the title King of Hejaz to his position of Sultan of Nejd.

Jeddah in 1938


Sunday, September 23, 2012

40 YEARS AGO - YOUR FAVORITE CAR

Imagine that forty years ago, how was your favorite car.
Amazing . . . . beautiful . . . . comfortable . . . . luxury . . . . and . . . . 

This advertisement was printed in a US magazine in December 1971.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

An office of the American Oil Company in 1940

Jeddah's most ornate rawasheen, or wood screened bay windows adorned “Bayt al Baghdadi”.

Bayt al Baghdadi (Jeddah)
Bayt al Baghdadi (Baghdadi House) a fine Jeddah building which served as American Oil Company's (Saudi Aramco) first office from 1933.

Jeddah - an initial intro

Jeddah, widely known as "the Bride of the Red Sea", is the Kingdom's second largest city.

King Fahd's Fountain (Jeddah)

The population of Jeddah is cosmopolitan, with many nationalities living together and creating a varied mix of shops and restaurants. Jeddah today is a thriving commercial center. As port-of-entry for more than two million Muslim pilgrims a year, Jeddah airport (King Abdul Aziz International Airport) provides good connections to most major cities.

Jeddah Prayer Time