 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muzana ramakore rechi19, paive nemishumo yekuti matsime aripo uye kurima kweoasis kweal-Hijr kwaishandiswa nguva nenguva nevagari kubva mumusha uri pedyo weTayma. Izvi zvakaenderera mberi kusvika muzana ramakore rechi20, apo Hejaz Railway iyo yakapfuura nepano yakavakwa 190108 pakuraira kweOttoman sultan Abdul Hamid II kubatanidza Damascus neJerusalem kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero neMedina neMecca, nekudaro zvichirerutsa rwendo rwekunamatira kune yekupedzisira uye kusimbisa zvematongerwo enyika uye hupfumi hutongi hweOttoman hwenzvimbo dzekutenda kweIslam. Chiteshi chakavakwa kuchamhembe kweal-Hijr kuitira kugadziriswa kwezvitima, uye mahofisi nedzimba dzekugara dzevashandi vezvitima. Njanji yacho yakaita kuti nzvimbo yacho ive nyore kusvika. Zvisinei, ikoku kwakaparadzwa mukupandukira kwomunzvimbomoKunyangwe izvi, ongororo dzinoverengeka dzekuchera matongo dzakaramba dzichiitwa munzvimbo iyi kutanga munguva yeHondo Yenyika I kusvika pakagadzwa Humambo hweSaudi Arabia muma1930 kusvika kuma1960. Chiteshi chechitima chakagadziridzwawo uye zvino chinosanganisira zvivako 16 uye zvikamu zvinoverengeka zvezvinhu zvinofamba. 