Jadar ( ar, جدر), also transliterated as Jidr or Jadir, 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 ...
of
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 Govern ...
,
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 consists of two parts, Jidr al-A‘la and Jidr al-Asfal.
History
According to the 10th-century writer
al-Hamdani, it was one of the villages granted by
Sayf ibn Dhi Yazan
Abū Murra Sayf bin Dhī Yazan al-Ḥimyarī ( ar, سيف بن ذي يزن) was a semi-legendary Himyarite king of Yemen who lived between 516 and 578 CE, known for ending Axumite rule over Southern Arabia with the help of the Sassanid Empire.
...
to the
Bani Shihab, a tribe now generally living in the area to the south of
Sanaa
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 Gover ...
.
References
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Villages in Sanaa Governorate