Dhi Bin ( ar, ذيبين, Dhībīn), also spelled Dhibin or Dhaybin, is a small town 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
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 ...
, and the seat of
Dhi Bin District
Dhi Bin District ( ar, مديرية ذيبين) is a district of the 'Amran Governorate, Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern en ...
.
Name and history
According to the 10th-century writer
al-Hamdani, Dhi Bin is named after Dhu Bin b. Bakīr b. Nawfān, of the tribe of
Hamdan.
It was a moderately important site during the late medieval and early modern eras, and is mentioned frequently in
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 ...
's historical account, the ''
Ghayat al-amani''.
References
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Populated places in 'Amran Governorate