Jabal Sawda | Jabal Soudah Jabal Sawda—also written Jabal Soudah, Jabal Sawdah, or Al Soudah—rises above the green highlands of southwestern Saudi Arabia near the city of Abha. For decades it was universally presented as the highest mountain in Saudi Arabia, usually with a published elevation of 3,015 meters (9,892 feet). Modern surveying has made …