This settlement was established in 1913 as Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Rabian, along with some of the tribes of Otaibah settled in the location. The settlement was then taken over by Sheikh Omar bin Rabian, who was exiled by order of King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud, and was occupied only by a group of Thoi Thubat of the tribe of Otaibah after the Battle of Sabilla. The most significant of its governors are Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan bin Muthekir bin Halis.