Ar-Rakbah

This part of Ar-Rakbah is a dry stretch of southern Najd of rocky ridges and sand, with the Nafud as-Sirrah dunes to the north and little permanent water. Bedouin of the Qahtan, whose tribal range runs through this country, moved camels and flocks between scattered wells and the grass that followed rain. Few people stayed long, and travellers crossing toward Wadi ad-Dawasir to the south relied on guides who knew the wells.