taif in English

noun
1
a city in western Saudi Arabia, southeast of Mecca, in the Asir Mountains; population 521,300 (est. 2004). It is the unofficial seat of government of Saudi Arabia during the summer.

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1. The 1989 Taif Agreement marked the beginning of the end of the fighting.

2. This was a diplomatic move that led to the Taif Treaty later that year.

3. He also actively contributed to the Taif accord in 1989 that ended conflict in Lebanon.

4. British pressure impeded his execution, so he was imprisoned in the fortress of Taif, in Hejaz.

5. After the war, Prince Khalid served as the chairman of the Saudi delegation at the Taif Conference with Yemen in 1934.

6. It was gradually absorbed into the new state of Saudi Arabia and formally annexed by that kingdom under the Treaty of Taif in 1934.