The two mosques are of the early Islamic period and have been built one over the other. The mosques were built on top of the fort.
Jursh played a major role in civilization as it was located on the trade route between the north and south of the Arabian Peninsula. The pre-Islamic town was ruled by the Awasij tribe of the Kingdom of Himyar (115 BC – 525 AD) in ancient Yemen.
A report about Jursh’s historic location presented by Awad Al-Zahrani, director general of museums at the SCTA, states that the team discovered ceramic utensils that belonged to various pre-Islamic periods. In the lower layers of the site, the team found jars, bowls and medium-size cups made of hard, porous, red clay and with patterns.
According to the report, the pottery was made on a potter’s wheel. Its patterns are more decorous than the discoveries found in the groove area in Najran.
The team also found pottery used for cooking and drinking from the Islamic period in the northeastern and middle parts of the location.This pottery was made of gray clay, porous with fragments of sandy stones, medium hard and painted in red ocher.
Other utensils made of colored glass were found, decorated with fish and flower patterns. The report related the discoveries to a period between the second and third Hijri century.
The late Islamic period's discoveries in the southern parts of the location include cooking utensils, pots and cooking stoves.
Some tools made of bronze were found at the site as well, including a coin with no clear details.At the western wall of the symmetrical Jursh fort researchers found a drawing of a bull fighting a lion and prominent writings of the names of the animals.
In the year 1402 Hijri (1981), the location was registered and an exploratory probe was made to scan the southern part of the Kingdom. In 2008, a Saudi-American team started exploration work in the location in accordance with an agreement with the antiquities and measures sector.
Another search was conducted in 2009. This time, the focus was on uncovering the northern and eastern walls as well as the inner part of the Jursh wall.
