Tanumah

Tanumah is a village in the oasis country of al-Asyah, in Qasim. Its water and cultivated ground made it one of the settled places scattered across the Najd interior. During the struggles over the expansion of Saudi authority, Tanumah remained loyal to Diriyah when several other Qasim towns rebelled. In 1787 Thuwayni Al Shabib attacked the village with forces from Iraq, destroying buildings and cutting its water supply; some inhabitants were killed and others fled.