Muawiyah Dam

At Taif embraced the oldest inhabited and rich city civilizations at the Arabian Peninsula, as more than 70 historical dams were established on its borders and valleys. They have been constructed in different a long time starting from earlier than Islam to the technology of Islam and the Caliphs passing through the era of the Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid kingdom. According to a record published by the Saudi Press Agency, more than 20 of these historic dams nonetheless exist, in exclusive architectural patterns and specific engineering designs.
Some of these dams are dated by using a basis stone engraved on the rocks to be a witness to the exquisite skills of the Arab Muslims who inhabited this vicinity. ‘Muawiya Dam’, also known as ‘Saiysad Dam’, is 12km south-east of Taif, in the center of a place that is full of mountains wherein water pours down during the rainy season in the Saiysad Valley where the dam changed into built. The Saiysad Dam turned into built within the generation of the Umayyad Caliph, Muawiyah bin Abi-Sufyan all through the 58th Hijri year, built with the aid of Abdullah bin Sakhr. The date of production of this dam in engraved on a big rock at the bottom of the mountain on which the right the front of the dam was built.