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Wusab
Wusab is a historical and geographical region of Yemen, currently represented by the two districts of Wusab al-ʽAli and Wusab as-Safil in Dhamar Governorate. History Wusab has a long history stretching back into the pre-Islamic era. The main town was ʽArkabah; according to Wajih al-Din al-Hubayshi (d.1380), who wrote about the history of Wusab, the people of ʽArkabah had been Christians before the arrival of Islam, and "then they converted to Islam of their own free will." Another important town in pre-Islamic times was Dhi Jabbah, to the west of Hisn Juʽr. Al-Hubayshi wrote that Dhi Jurrah had been surrounded by high walls and was built around a gushing spring. Above all, it was famous for its markets: in pre-Islamic times, caravans had come there from all over Yemen, and even after the town fell it remained a stopping place for caravans. Al-Hubayshi also mentioned two more pre-Islamic towns in Wusab: al-Ziraʽi, between Juʽr and Zafiran, and al-Safyan, near Juʽ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wusab Al Ali District
Wusab Al Ali District is a district of the Dhamar Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 164,223 inhabitants. It is one of the largest districts of Dhamar Governorate, covering an area of 592 square kilometers, and is characterized by high mountains. As of 2019, it has a population of 275,137. It is part of the historical and geographical region of Wusab Wusab is a historical and geographical region of Yemen, currently represented by the two districts of Wusab al-ʽAli and Wusab as-Safil in Dhamar Governorate. History Wusab has a long history stretching back into the pre-Islamic era. The ma .... Divisions Wusab Al Ali contains 850 villages and is divided into 9 makhalif, which are further subdivided into 73 subdistricts. An incomplete list of them is below: # Al-Jabjab ## Ajbar Sawafil ## Ajbar 'Awali ## Al-Shurka' (aka al-Shuraka') ## Al-Manarah ## Bilad as-Sidh (aka Bilad al-Sadah) ## 'Araf ## Yaris # Al-Qayima ## Al-Bayadi' ## Az-Zahir ## A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhamar Governorate
Dhamar ( ar, ذَمَار, Ḏamār), also spelt ''Thamar'', is a governorate of Yemen. It is located to the south and southeast of Sana'a Governorate, to the north of Ibb Governorate, to the east of Al Hudaydah Governorate and to the northwest of Al Bayda' Governorate in the central highlands of Yemen. Area and climate It has a total area of , and is divided among 12 administrative districts ( ar, مُدِيْرِيَّأت, Mudīriyyāt) and further divided into 314 '' 'Uzlat'' (sub-districts). According to the 2004 census, the governorate contains 1,329,229 people, most of whom live in the governorate's 3,262 villages. A visitor may enter the governorate about south of the Sana'a Airport. The center of the governorate is about from Sana'a, the capital of the Republic. The governorate sits among a number of other governorates: Sana'a to the north and northeast, Al-Bayda' to the east, Ibb to the south, and Raymah and Al-Hudaydah to the west. The governorate in general lies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ad-Dann
Ad-Dann ( ar, الدن ), historically known as Hisn Naʽman, is a village in Wusab Al Ali District of Dhamar Governorate, Yemen. It serves as the seat of the district. History According to the 14th-century author Wajih al-Din al-Hubayshi, who wrote a history of Wusab, ad-Dann (known then as ''Hisn Naʽman'') originated during pre-Islamic times, and the Sulayhids The Sulayhid dynasty ( ar, بَنُو صُلَيْح, Banū Ṣulayḥ, lit=Children of Sulayh) was an Ismaili Shi'ite Arab dynasty established in 1047 by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi that ruled most of historical Yemen at its peak. The Sulay ... had later built a castle atop the ruins. The Sulayhid ruler Ali al-Sulayhi resided here for several years during the mid-11th century, and he had extended the castle here; in 1064, he also commissioned a Great Mosque in nearby Qardah (identified with modern Harurah in the territory of the Bani Shu'ayb). References Populated places in Dhamar Governorate { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wusab As Safil District
Wusab As Safil District is a district of the Dhamar Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 149,531 inhabitants. It is part of the historical and geographical region of Wusab. References Districts of Dhamar Governorate {{Yemen-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jabal ʽUtumah
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Jabal, Jabel, Jebel or Jibal may refer to: People * Jabal (name), a male Arabic given name * Jabal (Bible), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible Places In Arabic, ''jabal'' or ''jebel'' (spelling variants of the same word) means 'mountain'. * Dzhebel, a town in Bulgaria * Jabal Amman, part of Amman, Jordan * Jabel, a German municipality * Jabal, Amreli, a village in Gujarat, India * Jabal Rural District, in Iran * Jebel, Timiș, a commune in Timiș County, Romania * Jebel, Turkmenistan, a town * Jibal or al-Jabal, a late 1st-millennium-CE West-Asian realm Other uses * Djebel (1937–1958), a racehorse See also * * * * * * Jubal (other) Jubal may refer to: People * Jubal (Bible), named in the Book of Genesis as the father of musicians * Jubal (footballer) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Jubal Brown (born c. 1974), controversial video producer and multi-media artist * Jubal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulayhid Dynasty
The Sulayhid dynasty ( ar, بَنُو صُلَيْح, Banū Ṣulayḥ, lit=Children of Sulayh) was an Ismaili Shi'ite Arab dynasty established in 1047 by Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sulayhi that ruled most of historical Yemen at its peak. The Sulayhids brought to Yemen peace and a prosperity unknown since Himyaritic times. The regime was confederate with the Cairo-based Fatimid Caliphate, and was a constant enemy of the Rassids - the Zaidi Shi'ite rulers of Yemen throughout its existence. The dynasty ended with Arwa al-Sulayhi affiliating to the Taiyabi Ismaili sect, as opposed to the Hafizi Ismaili sect that the other Ismaili dynasties such as the Zurayids and the Hamdanids adhered to. Origins The Sulayhids are from the Arab Yemeni clan of Banu Salouh, descended from the al-Hajour tribe, descended from the Hashid tribe, descended from the Hamdanids. Rise The first Isma'ili missionaries, Ibn Hawshab and Ali ibn al-Fadl al-Jayshani, already appeared in Yemen in 881, thirty years bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Al-Sulayhi
Ali bin Muhammad bin Ali al-Sulayhi () was the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen. He established his kingdom in 1047 and by 1063, the Sulayhids controlled had unified the entire country of Yemen as well as the Muslim holy city of Mecca under his leadership.Daftari, p.80. Al-Sulayhi was killed in 1066 during a tribal vendetta between the Sulayhids and the Najahids of Zabid. He was succeeded by his son, Ahmad al-Mukarram. Early life Al-Sulayhi was born and raised in the village of Jabal near Manakhah. He was the son of Muhammad bin Ali al-Sulayhi, the chief ''qadi'' ("judge") of Jabal Haraz. His father was a leading Sunni Muslim and educated al-Sulayhi on the Shafi'i ''madhab'' ("school of law.") Nonetheless, al-Sulayhi converted to Ismailism, a branch of Shia Islam, after coming under the influence of the ''da'i'' ("missionary") Amir al-Zawahi. Zawahi had kept his Ismaili faith private and was well-regarded by al-Sulayhi's father who employed him to teach his son. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and Oman to the Oman–Yemen border, northeast and shares maritime borders with Eritrea, Djibouti, and Somalia. Yemen is the second-largest Arabs, Arab sovereign state in the peninsula, occupying , with a coastline stretching about . Its constitutionally stated Capital city, capital, and largest city, is Sanaa. As of 2021, Yemen has an estimated population of some 30.4 million. In ancient times, Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans, a trading state that included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. Later in 275 AD, the Himyarite Kingdom was influenced by Judaism. Christianity arrived in the fourth century. Islam spread quickly in the seventh century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the early Islamic conquests. Several Dynasty, dynasties ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rasulid Dynasty
The Rasulids ( ar, بنو رسول, Banū Rasūl) were a Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim dynasty who ruled Yemen from 1229 to 1454. History Origin of the Rasulids The Rasulids took their name from al-Amin's nickname "Rasul". The Zaidiyyah, Zaidi Shi'i Imams of Yemen were the arch rivals of the Sunni Rasulids, and Zaidi sources emphasized the dynasty's Ghuzz origin to ensure the Qahtani majority of Yemen treats them more harshly as rootless outsiders. The term ''Ghuzz'' in Arabic sources is associated with the Oghuz Turks. The Ghuzz term appeared regularly in Zaidi literature and was for pre-Ottoman Empire, Ottoman era of Oghuz Turkic mamluks & Turkic state (Seljuk Empire, Seljuk) who were actively expanding in Oman to the east of Yemen, later writers used this Arabic term which describes the Oghuz Turks, in the Zaidi sources, as their reference of the Turkic origin of the Rasulids. Some historians and genealogists that served the Rasulid dynasty claimed an Arabs, Arab origin for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jabal Juʽr
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Jabal, Jabel, Jebel or Jibal may refer to: People * Jabal (name), a male Arabic given name * Jabal (Bible), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible Places In Arabic, ''jabal'' or ''jebel'' (spelling variants of the same word) means 'mountain'. * Dzhebel, a town in Bulgaria * Jabal Amman, part of Amman, Jordan * Jabel, a German municipality * Jabal, Amreli, a village in Gujarat, India * Jabal Rural District, in Iran * Jebel, Timiș, a commune in Timiș County, Romania * Jebel, Turkmenistan, a town * Jibal or al-Jabal, a late 1st-millennium-CE West-Asian realm Other uses * Djebel (1937–1958), a racehorse See also * * * * * * Jubal (other) Jubal may refer to: People * Jubal (Bible), named in the Book of Genesis as the father of musicians * Jubal (footballer) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Jubal Brown (born c. 1974), controversial video producer and multi-media artist * Jubal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
