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Description
Property Name: Al Midhnab Traditional Town
Inventory No: –
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2020
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province: Al Qassim
Town: Al Mithnab
Geographic coordinates: 25°52’6.00 N 44°13’38.83″E
Historic Period: –
Year of Construction: Unknown
Style: Najdi
Original Use: Settlement
Current Use: Archaeological site
Architect: Unknown
Significance
Muznib, in the province of Qassim, is one of the most important ancient towns in the Kingdom. It contains the ancient Council Market, and locally this town is known as Deira District. This small town may only be two km2, but it overflows with architectural treasures, home to over 384 houses with historic value. It is a group of old mud buildings that the governorate municipality restored the old market in, and it contains 27 shops. It is considered an example of traditional architecture in the Nejd region, with narrow streets and adjacent buildings. 25 kilometers on the south east of Unaizah lays the village of Mithnab that was restored to a complete traditional village of about 2 square kilometers and more than 384 houses, including a majlis market that won the HRH Prince Sultan bin Salman’s award for preservation of traditional architecture.
Selection Criteria
i. to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius
ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design
iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
Well preserved
References
Commission of Tourism and Heritage