Jabal Rahabah (Arabic: جبل رحبة, romanized: Jabal Raḩabah),[2] is a peak in the Hajar Mountains, northeast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
At 1,543 m (5,062 ft),[3] it is one of the highest peaks in the UAE, located entirely within the territory of the Emirates [3] Between Jabal Rahabah (1,543 m (5,062 ft)) and Jabal ar Rahrah (1,691 m (5,548 ft)), the highest peak in the country, there is an important ridge of 5 km (3.1 mi) in length, called Jabal ar Raḩraḩ Ridge, which delimits the drainage divide between those that flow towards the Wadi Ghalilah and the Wādī Shāh or Wadi Shehah, through their respective tributaries.
At the top of Jabal Rahabah there is currently a communications antenna, but it is perfectly accessible by following a pedestrian path towards the southwest that starts from Rahabah North Col 1,223 m (4,012 ft), where there are currently installed viewpoints and a service area, commercially identified with the name Viewing Deck Park.
The geographical area of Jabal Rahabah was historically populated by the tribe Bani Shatair (Arabic: بني شطير), one of the two main sections of the Shihuh seminomadic tribe, which occupied, among other territories, the Shihuh tribal area Bani Bakhit.
The name of Jabal Rahabah (with the spelling Jabal Raḩabah) was recorded in the documentation and maps produced between 1950 and 1960 by the British Arabist, cartographer, military officer, and diplomat Julian F. Walker,[15] during the work carried out to establish borders between what was then called Trucial States, later completed by the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), on 1:100,000 scale maps published in 1971.