Ibn Jalawi’s stables and prison

“The Amir’s (Sa’ud Ibn Jiluwi) stables and manager, Qasr-al-Abid in background used as a prison, Saudi Arabia. Artist George Rendel. (Photo by Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)
March 01, 1937.”

استطبلات الأمير سعود ابن جلوي مع مديرها وخلفه قصر العبيد المُحوّل الى سجن”
المصور جورج رِنِدل
الصورة ملك الجمعية الجغرافية الملكية البريطانية عبر جيتي إماجز
تاريخ الصورة 1 مارس 1937″

The below photo of the same palace has the following caption: “Sijn al-‘Abid or Qasr al-‘Abid, “the prison of the slaves or the fort of the slaves” was located north of the old town of al-Hufuf [in the Eastern Saudi Arabian province of al-Hasa]. It had a moat on the north and western sides as well as six towers. It was torn down in 1975.

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