After breakfast at our hotel we drive
towards Salt and visit the Shrine of Prophet
Shuieb and the Shrine of Prophet Yousha.
We will continue into the Jordan Valley to
visit the tombs of some of Prophet
Mohammad's venerable companions and military
leaders: the tomb of Dirar bin Al Azwar a
poet and fierce warrior who loved combat and
who fought in the wars of Apostasy and took
part in the conquest of Greater
Syria before falling victim
of the Great Plague.
The tomb and mosque of Abu Ubeida Amer bin
Al Jarrah, a relative of the Prophet dubbed
'The Trustee of the Nation' who was one of
the first converts to Islam.
The Supreme Commander of the Northern Muslim
Army that conquered Greater
Syria and one of the
'Blessed Ten' promised Paradise; the tomb of
the venerable companion Shurahbil bin
Hasanah.
He was famous for his strong faith,
intelligence, bravery, and successful
administration who participated in the
Battle of Yarmouk and the conquest of
Jerusalem and who
distinguished himself for his fair dealings
with subordinates whilst governor of the
province of Greater
Syria.
We will also visit the tomb of Amir bin Ab
Waqqas, the maternal cousin of the Prophet
who was the eleventh man to convert to Islam
and who fought in the Battle of Uhud and was
later entrusted with carrying messages from
the commanders of the Muslim army to the
Caliph in Medina.
Leaving the Jordan valley we travel to the
Yarmouk River, site of the great Al Yarmouk
battle where the Muslim Arabs under the
leadership of Abu Aubaidah Amer Ben Al
Jarrah defeated the Byzantine Empire in 636.
We will continue to
Pella (Taqabat Fahl) to
enter the small mosque which commemorates
the Battle of Fahl fought between the
Rashidun army under Kalid ibn al-Walid (The
Sword of Allah) and the Roman Empire under
Theodore the Sacellarius in January 635 AD
and which resulted in a clear victory for
Khaled ibn Al Walid.
We will have dinner and stay overnight in a
hotel in
Amman.
Day 2
Amman – Karak Castle – Al Mazar Al
Janubi - Tomb of Zaid bin Harithah - Tomb of
Ja'far bin Abi Talib - Tomb of Abdullah bin
Ruwahah - Petra
We have breakfast in our hotel in
Amman and then drive
towards
Karak Castle, scene of the
Battle of Mutah (629 AD).
This was the most significant and fiercest
battle fought during Prophet Mohammad's
lifetime, and the one that took the lives of
his closest companions, martyred fighting
against a combined Byzantine / Ghassanid
army.
We will visit the tombs of the venerable
companions Zaid bin Harithah, Ja'far bin Abi
Talib and Abdullah bin Ruwahah in the town
of Al Mazar Al Janubi near Karak.
We will drive to a hotel in
Petra in time for dinner
and our overnight stay.
Day 3
Petra - Siq Al Barid (Little Petra) –
Al Beidha – Queen Alia International Airport
or Borders
Today we do a full-day tour of
Petra, the rose-red city
half as old as time which is one of the
Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
Petra
is a city which was carved out of the Sharah
Mountains by the
Nabataeans , an industrious
Arab people who settled here more than 2,000
years ago, turning it into an important
junction for the silk, spice, and other
trade routes that linked China, India, and
southern Arabia with
Egypt,
Syria, Greece, and Rome.
Petra
fell into obscurity for hundreds of years,
its location and very existence kept a
closely guarded secret by the local Bedouin,
before being re-discovered by the Swiss
explorer Burkhardt in 1812.
We will enter the city through the Siq, a
narrow gorge over a kilometer in length,
flanked on either side by soaring, 80 meter
high cliffs to be confronted by Al Khazneh
(The Treasury),
Petra's most elaborate
monument. Local legend has it that the
rock-cut Treasury once held the gifts of
Queen Sheba to Solomon.
As you enter the
Petra valley you will be
overwhelmed by the natural beauty of the
place and its outstanding architectural
achievements.
There are hundreds of elaborate rock-cut
tombs with intricate carvings as well as
obelisks, temples, sacrificial altars,
colonnaded streets, and high above,
overlooking the valley, is the impressive (
Al Deir ) Monastery, reached up a flight of
800 stone stairs.
After lunch we drive to
Siq Al Barid (Little Petra)
and
Al Beidha.
