جهود أهالي جدة في توفير المياه العذبة لمدينتهم 1261-1334 ه 1845-1916 م

Abstract EN

This study includes a subject of Jeddah People’s Efforts to provide Freshwater for their City during period from 1261 to 1334 H.

/ 1845 to 1916 G.

The importance of the subject is cultural & civilized study which spot on vital and main resource for contusing of life "Water", also this is a new study which shows Jeddah People’s Efforts to provide Freshwater for their City, the study based on documents that published for 1st time and obtained from Ottoman Archives in Istanbul & King Abdul Aziz Collection Library, in addition to most of books as resources & references, also attached some maps & images as appendixes.

This study aims to show important side of Jeddah City history and showing the old people efforts to serve their city, and how they were cooperated with more efforts to support the government of country, also this study aims to shows how Jeddah’s people suffered in the past and carried many difficulties for providing freshwater which need to spend efforts to keep & save it currently by rationing water use, the study aims too for encouraging the researchers and historians to make studies which showing anonymous and mysterious sides of Jeddah city history.

The study included historical gate about Jeddah water resources in the past, then five subjects due to historical periods and projects that already implemented, this projects included The Trader “Farag Yousr” initiative to re-extend freshwater panels from Al-Rughamah in east of Jeddah, efforts of the Trader "Selim Sultan" for Seawater desalination, then create a spring of water Ain Al-Hamidiah "Al-Waziriah" which supported by Jeddah people, also shows the seawater distillation device "Al-Qindasah".

Finally, shows how the city people created National Company for searching on water resources at Jeddah City, this study concluded with most important results.