The *hajj*, alone, and therefore it did not meet a need in healing, and working with it was extremely difficult, as the *saqiya* required three men to share its produce among themselves, and it was a large, insufficient yield. As for diseases, they were widespread, and some were epidemics, bringing down men and taking lives. Many died due to dominance, running, and others. There were also diseases that struck suddenly, and this was common, occurring among the elderly. Some of them would suffer paralysis or heart failure as a result of the hard work they did in agriculture. There was no medicine, dissection, or prescription for these diseases. Ghee mixed with ghee was rubbed on the patient as the only medicine, or the use of local religious beliefs based on the *ghafir* and the saint who was capable of benefiting from the beginning and the living. Money was scarce, and no one had it. Those who owned land and filled their coffers in traditional storehouses of the self-governing state perhaps cared about promoting agricultural production. However, the owner of the sour land had little land, and the distance limited production. It is possible that life in the sour region began to ease gradually with the beginning of the last century, and prosperity came at the end of the era of the *saqiya* in the late sixties, which allowed for its production in agricultural life. Agricultural advancement began to increase, and the crops grown were modernized. These crops became staple crops that saved income for the farmer.

Characteristics of life in the sour region: One of the most prominent features of life in the sour region is that it is safe. By safety, it means that it does not know theft and has not witnessed incidents of this kind. This is due to several factors, including the nature of the inhabitants, as they all work to reform each other, and there are no strangers among them. Also, the nature of the region, the difficulty of its roads, paths, and trails, does not facilitate theft. There is no police station in the region, and its inhabitants seek help from