Umm el-Jimal (Arabic: ام الجمال, “Mother of Camels”), also known as Umm al-Jimal or Umm idj-Djimal, is a village in Northern Jordan approximately 17 kilometers east of Mafraq. It is primarily notable for the substantial ruins of a Byzantine and early Islamic town which are clearly visible above the ground, as well as an older Roman village (locally referred to as al-Herri) located to the southwest of the Byzantine ruins.
Umm el-Jimal is a large village located in the northern most part of Jordan less than 10 km from the Syrian border. It is located in the Hauran, the northern desert region of the country. Despite this aridity, Umm el-Jimal is surprisingly well suited for agriculture, and its livelihood and economy has been based on this. Next to modern Umm el-Jimal lie the ruins of an ancient village that dates from the Nabataean to the Abbasid periods. The earthquake of A.D. 747/749 did major damage, but the community survived well into the Abbasid period. In the early twentieth century the area was repopulated by the Druze and then the Bedouin Msa’eid tribe.

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