 Moreover, the durable connections the Tayy of Syria maintained with their north Arabian counterparts in Jabal Tayy made them virtually independent and prone to revolt against the various Muslim states in Syria and Iraq.The Tayy made their abode in Transjordan and the Bilad al-Sharat mountains between Transjordan and the Hejaz.Here they first received attention in 883 when they launched a revolt that spanned southern Syria and the northern Hejaz.