Wadi Tayyibah is a seasonal watercourse, or

wadi Wadi ( ar, وَادِي, wādī), alternatively ''wād'' ( ar, وَاد), North African Arabic Oued, is the Arabic term traditionally referring to a valley. In some instances, it may refer to a wet (ephemeral) riverbed that contains water onl ...

, in the

Hajar Mountains The Hajar Mountains ( ar, جِبَال ٱلْحَجَر, Jibāl al-Ḥajar, ''The Rocky Mountains'' or ''The Stone Mountains'') in northeastern Oman and also the eastern United Arab Emirates are the highest mountain range in the eastern Arabian ...

Fujairah Fujairah City ( ar, الفجيرة) is the capital of the emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. It is the seventh-largest city in UAE, located on the Gulf of Oman (part of the Indian Ocean). It is the only Emirati capital city on the ...

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. It runs from the village of Tayyibah to join the ''Seih''

Dibba Dibbā ( ar, دِبَّا) 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 Fuj ...

or Dibba Plain, where it fans out into the plain. Prior to 1960, Wadi Tayyibah provided the main route from

Masafi Masafi ( ar, مسافي) 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 ...

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. The wadi was superseded as the main road to Dibba when the

Trucial Oman Scouts The Trucial Oman Scouts was a paramilitary force that the British raised in 1951 as the Trucial Oman Levies, to serve in the Trucial States. In 1956, the Levies were renamed the Trucial Oman Scouts. In 1971, upon the formation of the United Arab ...

built a new road in 1960, dynamiting passes through the mountains., p.174. The road was controversial in the area as it deprived the people of the village of Tayyibah of revenue from passing traffic and fighting broke out between the

Sharqiyin The Sharqiyin ( ar, الشرقيون, singular Al Sharqi ar, الشرقي) 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 t ...

residents of Tayyibah and members of the Mazari tribe from the nearby community of

Wadi Asimah Wadi Asimah is a seasonal watercourse in the Hajar Mountains of Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. It runs broadly westward from the village of Asimah to join the Wadi Fara, its confluence forming the locus between Wadi Fara and Wadi Sid ...

, with men from Tayyibah attacking workers on the new road project. The Wadi was traditionally an area of intensive agricultural development, providing seasonal employment for men in the area. It remains noted for its

date palm ''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle Eas ...

groves. It is a popular tourist destination, with a number of hiking trails. 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. Today Wadi Tayyibah is a popular tourist destination and hiking spot, with a number of trails marked throughout the area. File:The lower reaches of the Wadi Tayyibah as it combines with other watercourses to form the Seih Dibba, or Dibba plain..jpg, The lower reaches of the Wadi Tayyibah as it combines with other watercourses to form the Seih Dibba, or Dibba plain. File:Date palms in the Wadi Tayyibah.jpg, Date palms in the Wadi Tayyibah File:Wadi Tayyibah Road.jpg, Wadi Tayyibah, with a stretch of the old tarmac road visible in the wadi bed. File:Farm at Tayyibah.jpg, A date grove in a farm at Tayyibah.

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{{Commonscat Rivers of the United Arab Emirates Geography of the Emirate of Fujairah

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