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Thulaim

Thulaim is a commercial and residential neighborhood in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located south of al-Amal and north of Margab in the sub-municipality of al-Malaz, situated on the edge of now dried up stream of Wadi al-Batʼha. The neighborhood is bounded by the al-Batʼha Street to the west, constituting its westernmost part in the al-Batʼha commercial area and is today inhabited mostly by overseas workers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is named after the Thulaim Palace, which was itself attributed to an eponymous farm on which it was built by King Abdulaziz ibn Saud in present-day al-Fouta district in late 1930s.

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Thulaim
ثليم
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Vehicle collision in Thulaim, around 2016
Vehicle collision in Thulaim, around 2016
Thulaim
Coordinates: 24°38′28″N 46°43′37″E / 24.64111°N 46.72694°E / 24.64111; 46.72694
CountrySaudi Arabia
CityRiyadh
RegionOld Riyadh
Named afterThulaim Palace
Government
 • BodyBaladiyah al-Malaz
Language
 • OfficialArabic

Thulaim (Arabic: ثليم, romanized: ṯulaīm) is a commercial and residential neighborhood in downtown Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, located south of al-Amal and north of Margab in the sub-municipality of al-Malaz,1 situated on the edge of now dried up stream of Wadi al-Batʼha.2 The neighborhood is bounded by the al-Batʼha Street to the west, constituting its westernmost part in the al-Batʼha commercial area and is today inhabited mostly by overseas workers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is named after the Thulaim Palace,3 which was itself attributed to an eponymous farm on which it was built by King Abdulaziz ibn Saud in present-day al-Fouta district in late 1930s.

Owing to its visible furrows (Arabic: ثُلَم, lit. 'gaps') during medieval Najd, one historical account suggests that the area might've been referred to as al-Thalama (Arabic: الثلماء) during the existence of Hajr al-Yamamah, which was recorded in a poem by 8th century Abbasid poet Sulayman ibn Abi Hafsa.45

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  2. محمود, محمدين، محمد (1992). أسماء الأماكن في المملكة العربية السعودية: دراسة في الدلالة وأنماط الاشتقاق (in Arabic). [د.ن.]،.
  3. الثعلي, عتيبي، إبراهيم بن عويض (1996). الأمن في عهد الملك عبد العزيز: تطوره وآثاره، ٩١٣١-٣٧٣١ ھ/٢٠٩١-٣٥٩١ م (in Arabic). مكتبة الملك عبد العزيز العامة،. ISBN 978-9960-624-19-8.
  4. Sulaymān, Khālid ibn Aḥmad; أحمد, سليمان، خالد بن (1999). معجم مدينة الرياض (in Arabic). دارة الملك عبد العزيز،. ISBN 978-9960-693-11-8.
  5. "أحياء وشوارع الرياض القديمة.. التاريخ وثّق الأسماء ل "جيل الألفية"!". www.alriyadh.com. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2023.