<P> In October 1917, as part of a general effort to divert Ottoman military resources away from the British advance before the Third Battle of Gaza, a revolt of Arabs in Petra was led by British Army officer T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) against the Ottoman regime . The Bedouin women living in the vicinity of Petra and under the leadership of Sheik Khallil's wife were gathered to fight in the revolt of the city . The rebellions, with the support of British military, were able to devastate the Ottoman forces . </P> <P> The Bidoul / Bidul or Petra Bedouin were forcibly resettled from their cave dwellings in Petra to Umm Sayhoun / Um Seihun by the Jordanian government in 1985, prior to the UNESCO designation process . Here, they were provided with block - built housing with some infrastructure including in particular a sewage and drainage system . Among the six communities in the Petra Region, Umm Sayhoun is one of the smaller communities . The village of Wadi Musa is the largest in the area, inhabited largely by the Layathnah Bedouin, and is now the closest settlement to the visitor centre, the main entrance via the Siq and the archaeological site generally . Umm Sayhoun gives access to the' back route' into the site, the Wadi Turkmaniyeh pedestrian route . </P> <P> On December 6, 1985, Petra was designated a World Heritage Site . In a popular poll in 2007, it was also named one of the New7Wonders of the World . </P> <P> The Bidouls belong to one of the Bedu tribes whose cultural heritage and traditional skills were proclaimed by UNESCO on the Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2005 and inscribed in 2008 . </P>

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