Ad-Dann ( ar, الدن ), historically known as Hisn Naʽman,
is a village in
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 ...
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
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 ...
, 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
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