Publication Date:
Thu, 2007-02-01 03:00
RIYADH, 1 February 2007 — Ali ibn Aed Damkhan, who set off two weeks ago from his native village 1,000 kilometers from Riyadh, is on a 20-day camel trip to the capital.
He is making this journey in order to present Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah with a musket that is more than 200 years old, the daily Al-Watan reported yesterday. The gun once belonged to Damkhan’s great-grand father and has come down to him from his father.
By making the trip, he aims to share his love of the Saudi heritage with his fellow countrymen.
Huge crowds of people have welcomed him in the desert towns through which he has been passing.
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