الوظيفة الإعلامية للأسواق الشعبية في الباحة في خدمة الأوامر الحكومية السعودية (1369-1379ه١٩٤٩-١٩٥٩م)‎ : نماذج مختارة من بعض الوثائق المحلية

الملخص EN

The research reveals the importance of the roles played by the popular markets in Al-Baha, as they are not limited to the economic role only, but they have multiple functions, including : the informative role, which was played by the early Saudi government before the spread of multiple mass media, such as : school, post office, and television.

the research deals with the importance of the popular markets in Al-Baha and their functional role as a media means for communicating Saudi government orders to the tribes there, as they are considered as a meeting point for all tribes.

that facilitates the task of receiving government orders by the largest number of tribesmen, and passing them to the rest of the tribe members.

this was shown through a number of local documents that showed the nature of these orders and their variety in terms of dealing with the religious, administrative, security, and social aspects, so that they give the functional role of popular markets a greater contribution to supporting all of these aspects.

the above was done by examining and studying the historical documents to highlight the informative function played by the popular markets in Al-Baha.