Almafarga village

The village of Mufarja is southeast of Al-Baha, about 7 kilometers from it, and was named after Mufarj bin Muhammad bin Dhabian Al-Araj, the bearer of the Ghamd brigade in the Battle of Qadisiyah and the head of the Ghamd delegation that pledged allegiance to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). It is one of Bani Dhabian's heritage villages and is located on a rocky slope surrounded by hills. The village consists of a number of residential buildings, most of which are adjacent to each other, and were built on the natural sloping ground, which required the builders to deal with special treatment in : Reinforcement and. Facades of buildings. It consists of . Most of its houses are one to two stories. The majority of the village's houses are partially dilapidated and abandoned. The overall appearance of the village is homogeneous with the natural slope of the land. As a result of the juxtaposition of buildings, the village appears as an architectural fabric that reflects the local pattern of heritage village planning. The village is devoid of any modern buildings within or adjacent to the old buildings of the heritage village and occupies all the land of the rocky hill on which it is built. Its narrow alleys are characterized by the fact that they are roofed and tiled with the same stone used in the buildings. There is also an old mosque in very good structural condition with a low-height cylindrical minaret, built from the basalt stones of the site, the same stones used in the construction of the village's houses. Its walls were built using stones stacked on top of each other in an artistic way that requires high professional expertise, and they were shortened on the inside with a thick layer of clay and mud. It is noteworthy that the craftsmen were creative in the formations of the external facades and architectural openings through stone protrusions and external stone staircases that were installed on the facades of a number of large stone and steel houses