Al-Faw Pre Islamic City
Al-Faw or “Qarriyah” is located on the outskirts of the Empty Quarter, 700 kilometres south-west of Riyadh; it was named Al-Faw relative to the intersection point of Wadi Addawasir with Tuwaiq Mountains at the mouth of channel stream called Al-Faw. Qaryat Al Faw was the capital of the first Kindah kingdom. It is located about 100 km south of Wadi ad-Dawasir, and about 700 km southwest of Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia