Taif is a Saudi city located in the west of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, affiliated with the Makkah region, and is approximately 75 km away from the city of Makkah, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and rises above sea level with a distance ranging from 1700 m to 2500 m, which gave it a pleasant atmosphere, and an old summer resort for the people and the nearby Hejazi cities such as Makkah and Jeddah, and the location has given it several advantages, as it is considered the eastern gateway to the Two Holy Mosques through Makkah. The location has given it several advantages, as it is considered the eastern gateway to the Two Holy Mosques through Makkah, and it is also the meeting point of roads connecting to all regions of Saudi Arabia through other regions and cities, and Taif includes two of the Ihram checkpoints for the people of the Najd, namely: Al-Seel Al-Kabir, for those coming from the region: Al-Sail Al-Kabir, for those coming from the central region, and Wadi Muharram, for those coming from the south. The location of Taif is an important strategic location, as it connects the Hejaz and Najd regions, and the city of Taif in the past had a fortified wall. Taif is considered one of the three cities of Arabic poetry and literature before Islam.