Alaahoun

Collection title

The land of Islam

ID

JRT00392

Source

JRTV (JO)

First broadcast date

2002

Production year

2002

Abstract

This episode is about the land of Islam in the region of Jordan toward Umm Rassas to the largest village Maabih which is approximatively five hundred years of age, and is located near Wadi Mujib known for its water. King Micha chose, a castle near theTheban and put the inscription Agon as a name to the castle; the vestiges found there indicate the presence of the Ottoman and the Mamluk periods. Agon (Alaahon) is a city with walls containing the remnants of the city's towers, which were for guard and self-defense ; a kind of place to live in because there were places to store grain and there were other facilities which indicate necessities of life for stability. Agon (Alaahon) is considered as an agricultural town, famous for the cultivation of grain and olives . Near Agon,there are caves and sites which belong to the Stone Age. Micha made from this place a palace and a fortress from which he fought Israel . Excavations led to discoveries which show a prosperous and a thriving commercial civilization of all ages.

Type

video

Production companies

• Television - Own production

Broadcaster

JRTV - Jordan Television

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Primary theme

Arab and muslim worlds

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages
• Tourism and cultural sites / Archaeological sites

Credits / Cast

• Khelifa Isaad - Speaker
• Al Majali Bakr - Author of original work
• Ezzoghbi Nasser - Director

Period of events

• From 500 to 1000

Map locations

• Jordan - Transjordan Plateau - Amman

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

12m18

Additional information