Qurayyat al-Milh

Qurayyat al-Milh, the “salt villages”, is a group of settlements in the northern part of Wadi Sirhan. Salt was collected from the surrounding flats, giving the villages their collective name and supplying an important local product. Kaf was the best known among them, with springs, palm groves and gardens beside the dry valley. The depression also provided a route between al-Jawf and the Syrian lands, bringing travellers and caravans to its watering places.