An inscription that sheds new lights on the Hijaz railway "Study and Publication "

• Main Author: Wael Bakry Rashedy
• Format: Article
• Language: Arabic
• Published: Arab Association for Islamic Civilization and Art 2021-03-01
• Series: Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science
• Subjects: railway; hijaz; ottoman
• Online Access: https://mjaf.journals.ekb.eg/article_127533.html
• ISSN: 2356-9654; 2357-0342

Previous studies of the Hijaz railways showed that, none of the researchers paid any interest to the inscriptions on the bars.So it's really important to study this issues they focused on the political, military, Geographical aspects . they paid a great interest to the vehicles, train vehicles, stops, memorial medals, scholars omitted the important inscriptions of Hijaz railways. The text on railways bars, shows without any doubt that Sultan Abdul Hamid II had performed this huge historical work . this has been proven through the written texts such as the text in this study, which was neglected by previous studies. The research will study this text through the from and the content, then the date of this piece of bars and stands on its location from the railway, and stands on the wisdom of implementing Such a written text with this part of the iron bars . The great interest in the Hijaz railway was great. The great countries paid great attention to this matter, especially England, which started to monitor this matter for gain. The Ottoman state, as a superpower, cared to create railroads in its lands to facilitate the task of commercial and military exchange, and the Ottoman state wanted to implement this railway. Al-Hijazi specifically to facilitate the mission of Al-Hajj who was spending nearly forty days from Anatolia until he reached Mecca and Medina to arrive after the construction of the line within only three days, which prompted people to donate significantly to the establishment and completion of this railway, which It left behind the piece that we are studying in this research.