Al-Jannat ( ar, الجنات ) is a small town in
Amran District
Amran District ( ar, مديرية عمران) is a district of the 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 96,375 inhabitants. The capital lies at `Amran
ʿAmrān ( ar, عمران; Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩣 ...
of
'Amran Governorate
ʽAmran ( ar, عمران, ʽAmrān) is one of the governorates of Yemen.
Districts
'Amran Governorate is divided into the following 20 districts. These districts are further divided into sub-districts, and then further subdivided into villag ...
,
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 about 2.5km from
'Amran
ʿAmrān ( ar, عمران; Old South Arabian: 𐩲𐩣𐩧𐩬 ''ʿmrn'') is a small city in western central Yemen. It is the capital of the 'Amran Governorate, and was formerly in the Sana'a Governorate. It is located by road northwest of the Ye ...
, the governorate capital, at the edge of the
al-Bawn
The al-Bawn plain, or Qā‘ al-Bawn, is a plain located in north-central Yemen, in 'Amran Governorate. It is located just to the north of the Sanaa plain, with the two being separated by a rocky area formed by volcanic activity, and the high point ...
plain.
Overlooking the town is the height called Jabal al-Jannat, where the historic fort called Qasr al-Jannat is located.
History
During the middle ages, al-Jannat was more significant than 'Amran due to its strategic fortified location.
Whereas 'Amran is largely absent from historical texts during this period, al-Jannat appears frequently in accounts such as the ''
Ghayat al-amani'' of
Yahya ibn al-Husayn Yahya may refer to:
* Yahya (name), a common Arabic male given name
* Yahya (Zaragoza), 11th-century ruler of Zaragoza
* John the Baptist in Islam, also known as Yaḥyā ibn Zakarīyā
See also
* Tepe Yahya
Tapeh Yahya () is an archaeological ...
and the ''
Kitab al-Simt
Kitab ( ar, کتاب, link=no, ''kitāb''), also transcribed kitaab, is the Arabic, Turkic, Urdu, Hindi and in various Indian Languages word for "book".
* ''Kitaab'', a 1977 Hindi language movie
* ''Kithaab'' (also written ''Kitab''), a 2018 Ma ...
'' of
Muhammad ibn Hatim al-Yami al-Hamdani
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mono ...
, especially in the 13th century.
References
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Populated places in 'Amran Governorate