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Palace and museum in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The
Khuzam Palace
is a major
palace
and
museum
in
Jeddah
,
Saudi Arabia
. It houses the
Jeddah Regional Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography
.
History and the building
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The Museum is in the historic Khuzam Palace in the Al-Nuzlah al-Yamaniyah quarter in the south of Jeddah. The building was constructed as a royal palace from 1928 to 1932 under the supervision of
Muhammed bin Laden
.
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citation needed
]
The oil agreement with the
Standard Oil Company of California
was signed by
Abdullah Suleiman
on behalf of Saudi Arabia and Lloyd N. Hamilton on behalf of the company in Khuzam Palace, Jeddah, in 1933.
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Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate
(DAAR)
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have been commissioned to develop the area on 11 October 2008 by the
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
.
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citation needed
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The exhibitions
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The collection ranges from artefacts of the
Stone Age
attributed to the
Acheulean
period found in nearby Wadi Fatimah over items of several pre-Islamic cultures and items illustrating the rise of Islam to relicts from the time the palace was used by the royal family. A second collection holds ethnographic items portraying the recent culture of the region.
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citation needed
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See also
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References
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External links
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