The Thaqif, townsmen and villagers of Ta'if since before Islam, farm the orchards, vineyards and fields of the Ta'if plateau and its valleys (Wajj, Liyya, al-Hada).
They are a settled tribe governed by their own headmen.
Who holds it
- Title
- Headmen of the Thaqif
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- Thaqif
- Confidence
- low
None named.
Overlord
The emir of Mecca's influence (not pinned).
What it holds
- the villages and orchards of the Ta'if plateau
How things stand that morning
Present; no headman named.
Military
Village men; no fortresses recorded.
Customs
Settled villagers and orchard owners under lineage headmen.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Continuity only.
On the map: The town of Ta'if is drawn in its own record.
Primary sources for The Bedouin
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- History of the Observant Traveller (A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia), Ibn al-Mujawir (Jamal al-Din Yusuf ibn Ya'qub) (about 1226 to 1232). A merchant-traveller's description of western and southern Arabia a generation after 1200: Mecca and the Hijaz ports, the Red Sea crossing, Zabid and the Tihama, Aden with its customs and tariffs, the Hadramawt coast, Dhofar and Oman, Socotra, and the opposite African shore at Zeila and the Dahlak islands. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.