[1][2] It is one of the oldest flea markets in the city where largely used furnitures, carpets and other household related appliances are sold and auctioned.

[3][4] It was previously situated in the al-Manfuhah district until 2014 when the Riyadh Municipality relocated the place to further south of al-Batʼha Street, overlooking al-Anoud Park Mall.

Haraj bin Qassim has its origins around the 1940s in the Deera Square, in front of present-day Grand Mosque of Riyadh in the city's ad-Dirah neighborhood.

Son of Qassem), who is believed to be the eponymous founder of the souq after King Abdulaziz granted him the land for setting up an auction market.

[11] In 2007, the Riyadh Municipality announced that it would be relocating the souq further south of al-Batʼha Street in a 48-hectares area allotted in the al-Masani neighborhood, in close proximity to the al-Mansurah district.