Tanūma

Tanomah lies in the Sarawat highlands north of Abha, among the mountains and valleys of the Banu Shahr. Stone terraces turn steep slopes into cultivated ground, while rain feeds the wadis below. The geographer al-Hamdani described the valley as containing many villages, with different communities occupying its upper and lower reaches. Old paths through the mountains connected these highlands with the lowlands of Tihamah.