Bayt ʽIdhaqah ( ar, بيت عذاقة ) is a large village in
'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, and the seat of
Maswar District
Maswar District () is a district of the 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 38,432 inhabitants. In the early 20th century, the mountain village was visited by German explorer and photographer, Hermann Burchard ...
.
It is the district's largest village and its principal market, with a
souk
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, such as in the W ...
meeting on Thursdays.
Name
According to the 10th-century writer
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, Bayt ‘Idhaqah is named after ‘Udhāqah b. Maswar b. ‘Amr b. Ma‘dī Karib al-Shammarī,
of the tribe of
Himyar.
Many surrounding locations are said to derive their names from relatives of ‘Idhaqah.
Robert T.O. Wilson
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
spelled the name as Bayt ‘Udhaqah,
but the name is "today universally pronounced ‘Idhaqah."
History
Although the name is mentioned by al-Hamdani in the 10th century, Bayt ‘Idhaqah does not seem to have become a major settlement until the early modern period; it is not mentioned in other historical sources until the early 1600s.
the jews in bayt idhaqah was important community. in the 20th century was Rabbi
Israel Ozeri
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
(in Hebrew
ישראל עוזרי
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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) chief judge for jews and arabs.
References
Populated places in 'Amran Governorate
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