The Zahran tribe is an ancient Arabian offshoot of the Azd tribe, also originating from the Kingdom of Saba'. The shortage of water prompted them to relocate to Al-Bahah in the Arabian Peninsula. Today members of the Zahran tribe can be found all over the Middle East and beyond. According to Arab scholars, the dialect used by the Hejazi tribes, the Zahran and the Ghamid, is the closest to classical Arabic.