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Ahmad Al Refa'i House (Jizan) ( Saudi Arabia )
 Property Name : Ahmad Al Refa'i House (Jizan)
Inventory No: 966-8-2
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2010-05-22
Country (State party): Saudi Arabia
Province : Jazan
Town: Farasan
Geographic coordinates: 16° 42' 10.09" N
42° 7' 20.9" E
Historic Period: Late Ottoman (1792-1922)
Year of Construction: 1922
Style: Unknown
Orginal Use : Residential
Current Use : Museum
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The man was one of the most prominent pearl merchants on Farsan Island. He built this house which was named after his son, Ahmed Minwer Al-Rifai. The house was built of stone slabs, and its walls rose up to about six meters. The most important characteristic of the home is the great sitting room, whose walls were covered with wonderful geometric ornaments carried out on stucco in the form of ledges and bars.  The decorations extend up to the arches of the windows. In addition to geometrical ornaments, there are also epigraph extending in the ledges on the upper part of the sitting room where verses from the Holly Quran are engraved, extending along ledges. On top of the main door there is epigraph indicating that the building was constructed in 1341 AH, with the names of builders (Ali Hassan Badr, and Mohammad Maki Muharam). Javanese wood was used in the ceiling of the great sitting room. The wood was imported and decorated with colorful geometric ornaments. At the top, there is a ledge extending up, and it was made of stained glass interlocked with stucco. The building is one of the most prominent heritage features on Firsan Island. The General Authority for Tourism of Antiquities is currently working in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Information on the rehabilitation of the building and utilizing it.  
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
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