Tayyibah is a large village in the
Hajar Mountains
The Hajar Mountains (, ''The Rock (geology), Rocky Mountains'' or ''The Stone Mountains'') are one of the highest mountain ranges in the Arabian Peninsula, shared between northern Oman and eastern United Arab Emirates. Also known as "Oman Mounta ...
of
Fujairah
Fujairah City () is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Em ...
,
United Arab Emirates
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. It is notable for its hiking trails, its Heritage Museum and the Al Qalaa Lodge, an Emirati heritage themed guest house.
History
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 before the metalled road between
Masafi
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 ...
and
Dibba
Dibbā () is a coastal area at the northern tip of the eastern Arabian Peninsula on the Gulf of Oman.
Political administration
Dibba is politically divided into three segments:
* Dibba Al-Fujairah, ruled by the Emirate of Fujairah, UAE
* Dibb ...
was constructed by the
Trucial Oman Scouts
The Trucial Oman Scouts (), known as Trucial Oman Levies prior to 1956, was a predecessor paramilitary force that operated in the Trucial States under British control from 1951 to 1971, after which they were renamed to the Union Defence Force with ...
in 1960, using dynamite.
[, p.174.] A number of
petroglyphs
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have been found in the area of the
wadi
Wadi ( ; ) is a river valley or a wet (ephemerality, ephemeral) Stream bed, riverbed that contains water only when heavy rain occurs. Wadis are located on gently sloping, nearly flat parts of deserts; commonly they begin on the distal portion ...
.
Fighting broke out between the
Sharqiyin
The Sharqiyin (, singular Al Sharqi ) is a tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The Sharqiyin were long the dominant tribe along the East coast of the Trucial States (and the second most numerous in the area around the start of the 19th c ...
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
Ras Al Khaimah (; ), often referred to its initials RAK, is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the U.A.E. The city had a population of 191,753 in 2025, and is the sixth-most populous city in UAE after Dubai, Abu ...
,
Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi (; – 27 October 2010) was the Ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah from 1948 to 2010. On 10 February 1972, under his leadership, Ras Al Khaimah become the seventh Trucial State to join the United Ara ...
, 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.
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.
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.
Modern Tayyibah
Today Tayyibah is a popular tourist destination and hiking spot, with a number of trails marked throughout the area. The area is agriculturally rich and is noted for its
date palm
''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet #Fruits, fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across North Africa, northern A ...
groves. 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.
References
Populated places in the Emirate of Fujairah
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