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what met his criteria. Abo-Reeshah's sojourn in Huraimla lasted only thirteen years during
which he and his entourage established farms and built houses and encircled the new
investment with a wall which remains extant until today. According to the legend, Abo-
Reeshah decided to return to Syria partially due to the improved situation their. Following
the departure of Abo-Reeshah, the new estate enticed powerful neighbors. Huraimla fell
under the control of Al-U'taiyan and later under the control of ameer Al-O'aiynah, Ibn
Mu'mmar.
Huraimla's second physical development commenced in 1045H (c. 1625 A.D.) when
the A1 Abo-Rabbaa' clan purchased the estate from Ibn Mu'ammar, the ameer of Al-
O'aynah. Under the A1 Abo-Rabbaa', Huraimla prospered and developed sustainable
yields of agriculture and possessed livestock which aroused the interest of the nearby
settlements' rulers. The threat posed by Huraimla's neighbors warranted the construction
of several walls throughout its war-ridden history, a fate which conditioned the agrarian
settlement's traditional morphology. In 1138H (c.1718 A.D.), Huriamla entered a new
epoch following the arrival of Sheikh Abdul-Wahhab Bin Sulaiman Al-Musharraf, the
father of Mohammed Bin Abdul-Wahhab, who founded the eleventh century's Islamic
reform movement (Wahhabism). The arrival of Abdul-Wahhab Bin Sulaiman confirmed
the status of Huraimla in the largely impoverished region as a learning center in Najd.
Following the death of his father, Mohammed Bin Abdul-Wahhab pressed for more reform
which created confrontation by feuding factions of the towns' rulers. Mohammed Bin
Abdul-Wahhab was forced to leave the town following a failed assassination by an enraged
mob. In 1156H (c. 1736 A.D.), Mohammed Bin Abdul-Wahhab left Huraimla to O'yainah
and later to Diry'yah where he and Mohammad Bin Saud, the forebearer of today's Al-
Saud dynasty, agreed to commence the Wahhabi reforms in 1744. Since the departure of
Bin Abdul-Wahhab, Huraimla occupied a secondary role after Diry'yiah, which was under
the leadership of Abdul-Wahhab and Al-Saud.
III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL BUILT FORM
Yosuf Abo-Reeshah's agricultural development occupied an area of 64.9 hectares,
and was surrounded by a formidable wall 3,075 meters long. 5 During Huraimla's warridden
history (c. 1500-1930s) five walls were constructed to shield the town from
marauding Bedouin's and neighboring towns rulers' expansionist attempts. The war
environment that characterized Najdi towns and villages conditioned its morphology. The