Malham

Malham is an old settlement of al-Yamama in central Arabia, remembered for its palms in early Arabic poetry. It belonged to the country of the Banu Hanifa and lay among the villages of the Najd valleys. In the seventeenth century the ruler of Uyaynah expelled the Al Ata from Malham to al-Qasab before returning them to their home. Famine and epidemic also drove some of its inhabitants to leave for Uyaynah.