Nearby localities include al-Jiza to the southwest, Ghasm to the south, Maaraba, Daraa to the southeast, Umm Walad to the northeast, al-Musayfirah to the north and Kahil to the west.

[1] In 1596 al-Sahwah appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Sahwat al-Qamh, as being part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Butayna in the Qada Hauran.

They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives; a total of 3,300 akçe.

Although the buildings are of some significance, they do not differ much from the ancient Roman and Byzantine architecture found throughout the Hauran.

If, in the event of a bad harvest, they could not pay this sum, the village would face mass hunger and cattle had to be taken to Bosra for water.