 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Taif yakanga ichiri zvishoma kudarika guta repakati nepakati apo vaSaudi vakatora kuzvitonga. Zvisinei, gare gare vakatanga chirongwa chokuvandudza guta racho. Mugadziri wesimba wokutanga weSaudi Arabia akagadzirwa muTaif mukupera kwema1940. Pamusoro pekuvaka migwagwa inoenda kuguta rakaparadzaniswa, muna 1965 Mambo Faisal wepanguva iyoyo akavhura mugwagwa mukuru wemumakomo uri pakati peMecca neTaif, iye zvino wava chikamu cheMugwagwa Mukuru 15 uye unozivikanwa seMugwagwa weTaifal-Hada. Muna 1974, mugwagwa mukuru weTaif-AbhaJizan wakareba makiromita anenge 650 wakagadzwa sechikamu cheMugwagwa Mukuru 15. Pakazosvika Hondo yeGulf ya1991, Taif raive guta remazuva ano maererano nekutaurirana zvekuti rakasarudzwa senzvimbo yeterevhizheni neredhiyo network yeRendon Group, iyo yaishandiswa kutaurirana neKuwait panguva yekutora kweIraq. 