ʽAlman ( ar, علمان ), also ʽUlman, is a village in

Bani al-Harith District Bani Al Harith District ( ar, مديرية بني الحارث ''Mudayrīyah Bani Al Ḥarith'') is a district of the Amanat Al Asimah Governorate, Yemen founded by a sub-clan of Banu Harith The Banu al-Harith ( ar, بَنُو الْحَارِث ...

Amanat al-Asimah Governorate Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء, ' , Yemeni Arabic: ; Old South Arabian: 𐩮𐩬𐩲𐩥 ''Ṣnʿw''), also spelled Sana'a or Sana, is the capital and largest city in Yemen and the centre of Sanaa Governorate. The city is not part of the Governo ...

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 ...

. It is located on the northern side of the lower end of the

Wadi Dahr Wadi Zahr ( ar, وادي ظهر ), also spelled Wadi Dahr ( ar, وادي ضهر ), is a wadi in Yemen, located just north of Sanaa on the western edge of the Sanaa plain. It is watered by a perennial stream whose source is the large catchment area ...

History

According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, ʽAlman was negatively affected by the collapse of the

Rayʽan Rayʽan ( ar, رَيْعَان ) is a village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen. It is located a short distance from the head of the Wadi Dahr near Bayt Naʽam, so that all the water coming down to the wadi from Jabal An-Nabi Shu'a ...

dam in 859; it had previously been under extensive cultivation, but after the dam collapsed the water supply dwindled. References by historical writers also indicate that ʽAlman may have been the site of a pre-Islamic palace.

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Villages in Sanaa Governorate {{Sana'a-geo-stub

History

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