# Ghanaiy

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Al-Ghanaiy
| official_name      = 
| pushpin_map        = 
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics_type1 = Language
| subdivision_name1  = 
| subdivision_type1  = 
| governing_body     = 
| p1                 = 
| native_name        = القناعي
| founder            = 
| subdivision_type2  = City
| subdivision_name2  = [Riyadh](/source/Riyadh)
| subdivision_name3  = [Old Riyadh](/source/Old_Riyadh)
| subdivision_type3  = Region
| subdivision_name   = Saudi Arabia
| subdivision_type   = Country
| caption            = 
| image_skyline      = Souq Ushaiger Old Riyadh 1965.jpg
| settlement_type    = [Neighbourhood](/source/Neighbourhood)
| demographics1_info1 = [Arabic](/source/Arabic)
| coordinates        = {{Coord|24|37|46|N|46|42|50|E|type:landmark_region:SA-ES|display=inline,title}}
| native_name_lang   = ar
| image_caption      = Qaisiriya Ibn Qulaib, 1965
| named_for          = al-Qanaiʼy family
}}
'''Al-Quna’i''' ({{Langx|ar|حلة القناعي}}), or in [Najdi](/source/Najdi_Arabic) vernacular pronunciation as '''al-Ghanaiy''', was a quarter and a douar within the [city walls](/source/Riyadh_city_fortifications) in the erstwhile fortress-city of [Riyadh](/source/Riyadh), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia),<ref>{{Cite web |title=بيوت وقصور الرياض الطينية كنوز تراثية في طي النسيان |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2016/20160108/fe6.htm |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=عبدالرحمن الرويشد.. موسوعة من القيم النبيلة وكنز المعرفة الأصيلة |url=https://www.al-jazirah.com/2017/20170114/wa1.htm |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=www.al-jazirah.com}}</ref> located between [Mugailiyah](/source/Mugailiyah) and [Muraighib](/source/Muraighib) in the northwestern part of the walled town.<ref>{{Cite book |last=الوشمي |first=أحمد بن مساعد عبدالله |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnJZDwAAQBAJ&dq=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6+%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A&pg=PT42 |title=الرياض مدينة وسكانا: كيف كانت وكيف عاشوا؟ |date=2018-05-03 |publisher=العبيكان للنشر |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 August 2014 |title=وسط الرياض.. حنين على ما تبقى من ذكريات! |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/958476 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=www.alriyadh.com}}</ref>

The quarter was attributed to the family of al-Qanaiʼy, who owned the land in the area<ref>{{Cite web |title=ماضي |url=https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?section=54&article=637634&issueno=11960 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=archive.aawsat.com |language=ar}}</ref> and hosted two small markets, Qaisiriya Ibn Qulaib (later Souq al-Ushaiger) and Qaisiriya Prince Saad bin Abdullah.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Naʻim |first=ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz ʻAbd al-Raḥmān |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJovAAAAMAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6+%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86+%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8 |title=المملكة العربية السعودية بين الماضى و الحاضر |date=1972 |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iAEdAQAAMAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6+%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86+%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8 |title=al-Usbūʻ al-ʻArabī |date=April 1965 |publisher=al-Muʼassasah al-Sharqīyah lil-Ṭibāʻah wa-al-Nashr fī Lubnān |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jUDoAAAAMAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6+%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1+%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87 |title=Sijill al-ʻArab: al-Tabʻah 1 |date=1962 |publisher=Muʾassasat Sijill al-ʻArab. |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jh9BAQAAIAAJ&q=%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6+%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1+%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF+%D8%A8%D9%86+%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87 |title=The Arab Record: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopaedia in Science, Letters and Economy from the Arabian Gulf to the Atlantic, 1379 H.--1960 A.D. |date=1960 |publisher=Arab Economic & Cultural Relations Company |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 2011 |title=إمبراطوريات المال في نجد.. "عرق الجبين" أنصف "الشرفاء" |url=https://www.alriyadh.com/605843 |access-date=11 February 2024 |website=www.alriyadh.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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Category:Neighbourhoods in Riyadh

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