Hussein abdicated following the fall of Mecca, in December 1924, and his son Ali bin Hussein turned the brand new king. The Ottomans rebuilt the weak partitions of Jeddah in 1525 following the defense of town against the Lopo Soares de Albergaria's Armada on the Siege of Jeddah (1517). The brand new stone wall included six watchtowers and six city gates. Jeddah is one of Saudi Arabia's major resort cities and was named a Beta world city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Netw...