Thulaim
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Thulaim
ثليم | |
|---|---|
 Vehicle collision in Thulaim, around 2016 | |
  Thulaim | |
| Coordinates: 24°38′28″N 46°43′37″E / 24.64111°N 46.72694°E | |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| City | Riyadh |
| Region | Old Riyadh |
| Named after | Thulaim Palace |
| Government | |
| • Body | Baladiyah al-Malaz |
| Language | |
| • Official | Arabic |
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.[4][5]
