Institutional charitable work in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - King Abdulaziz Foundation

This book shows the types of charitable work in the Ayyubid and Mamluk eras presented to the residents of Mecca, which included monetary donations, gifts, and in-kind offerings, emergency aid during times of crises such as severe droughts, as well as care for mosques, foremost the renovation of the Haram Mosque, establishing ribats for the residents whose numbers increased, providing water, building designated places for ablution, and facilitating roads leading to Mecca. The book sheds light on the effects of charitable work in Mecca during the period of study, where the construction of hospitals contributed to caring for the sick, the elderly, and the disabled, along with attention to Kuttabs, establishing schools, holding private lessons, and endowing books that influenced the activity of the scientific movement at that time.