Al-Quway'

Al-Quway gives its name to the valley beside which al-Quwayiyah grew in central Najd. Floodwaters descend through the wadi from west to east, passing a series of settlements before spreading into the desert. By the late seventeenth century members of the Banu Zayd had settled at al-Quwayiyah; a local history records their purchase of land from the Suhul in the early eighteenth century.