Sources de Saihat

Saihat Springs are natural oligomineral water sources in the Saihat coastal town of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, on the western shore of the Arabian Gulf in the Qatif governorate — a historically Shi'a-majority oasis district of exceptional cultural and archaeological significance, where date palm oases, ancient tells, and traditional pearl-diving communities have created one of the Eastern Province's most historically layered cultural landscapes. The Saihat area's mineral springs are part of the broader Qatif oasis spring system whose natural freshwater resources sustained the Dilmun civilisation during the Bronze Age and later supported the thriving pearl trade of the Gulf that made the Qatif coast one of Arabia's most prosperous coastal zones until the 1930s. The Qatif oasis landscape, with its ancient towers, traditional souqs, date-palm groves, and the continuing Shi'a cultural and religious calendar that punctuates community life in this distinct corner of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, creates a richly historically embedded context for the area's natural spring resources.