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| Coordinates: 25°24′13.8″N56°10′4″E / 25.403833°N 56.16778°E | |
| Country | United Arab Emirates |
| Emirate | Fujairah |
Tayyibah is a large village in the Hajar Mountains of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. It is notable for its hiking trails, its Heritage Museum [1] and the Al Qalaa Lodge, an Emirati heritage themed guest house. [2]
The village is situated at the head of the Wadi Tayyibah, which provided the principal link between the interior and Dibba on the East Coast [3] before the metalled road between Masafi and Dibba was constructed by the Trucial Oman Scouts in 1960, using dynamite. [4] A number of petroglyphs have been found in the area of the wadi.
Fighting broke out between the Sharqiyin residents of Tayyibah and members of the Mazari tribe from the nearby community of Asimah in May 1959, a conflict that resulted in the Ruler of Fujairah at the time, Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, having to pay compensation, or muatasham, of 400 Rupees to the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, as he was in breach of the wayi (protection or safeguard) agreed between them – as well as reparations of 14,000 Rupees for the damage caused by his tribesmen. [5]
The conflict, which resulted in the death of a man from Asimah and which was only quelled on the armed intervention of the Trucial Oman Scouts, rumbled on and in 1961 led to attacks on workers on the Trucial Oman Scouts' Masafi/Dibba road construction project by Tayyibah men. [6]
In its heyday as an agricultural settlement, in the early 20th century, the farms of Tayyibah would provide seasonal work for men from the surrounding area. [7]
Today Tayyibah is a popular tourist destination and hiking spot, [8] with a number of trails marked throughout the area. [9] The area is agriculturally rich and is noted for its date palm groves. [10] With some 75 families populating Tayyibah in 2009, a number of housing programs have greatly expanded the settlement in recent years with modern housing developing the village away from its traditional housing and core community. [11]
Masafi is a village located on the edge of the Hajar Mountains in the United Arab Emirates. It sits at the inland entrance of the Wadi Ham, which runs down to Fujairah City. The border between the emirates of Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah runs through the town, which houses a barracks used by the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces.
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The Al Bu Muhair are a tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), closely associated with the Bani Yas of Abu Dhabi but settled throughout the western coastal areas of the Emirates.
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The Shihuh is an Arab tribe living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. In the singular, the name is Al Shehhi, a common family name in the UAE and Oman today. Inhabiting the northern part of the Hajar Mountain range, specifically in the Ruus Al Jibal, the tribe has long been influential in the affairs of both the east and west coast settlements of the northern UAE and Oman and has fiercely maintained both its identity and independence.
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Ghayl is a town in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. Situated in the foothills of the Hajar Mountains. It lies at the mouth of the Wadi Fara and was traditionally home to members of the Mazari tribe.
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Wadi Tuwa is a wadi, a seasonal waterway, in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The wadi is dammed by the Wadi Tuwa Dam.
Wadi Tayyibah is a seasonal watercourse, or wadi, in the Hajar Mountains of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. It runs from the village of Tayyibah to join the Seih Dibba or Dibba Plain, where it fans out into the plain. Prior to 1960, Wadi Tayyibah provided the main route from Masafi to Dibba and sections of tarmac are still visible, particularly on the lower reaches of the wadi as it approaches the village of Al Hala.
Wadi Sidr is a seasonal watercourse, or wadi, in the Hajar Mountains of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. It runs in a south-westerly direction from the village of Wadi Sidr, where it is dammed by the Wadi Sidr Dam, constructed in 2001, to the confluence of the Wadi Asimah with the Wadi Fara.
Wadi Naqab is a seasonal watercourse, or wadi, in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
The Habus are a tribe of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They mostly settled the area around Khatt, Fahlain and the Hajar Mountain wadis to the East of the city of Ras Al Khaimah. They are often associated with the Hajar Mountain tribes of the Shihuh and Dhahuriyiin, with whom the Habus were frequently neighbours and with whom the Habus shared a number of cultural similarities and traditions. The Habus have also adopted the distinctive Shehhi dialect of Arabic, which is thought to have Himyarite Yemeni origins dating back to the second century BCE.
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