Zijan (Arabic: ; ) is a village in
Bani Hushaysh District
Bani Hushaysh District is a district in Sana'a Governorate, 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, an ...
of
Sanaa Governorate
Sanaa ( ar, صَنْعَاء '), also spelled San'a or Sana, is a governorate of Yemen. Its capital is Sanaa, which is also the national capital. However, the city of Sanaa is not part of the governorate but instead forms the separate governorate ...
,
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 just north of the historic fort of
Dhu Marmar.
History
The 10th-century writer
al-Hamdani described Zijan as a source for waters that eventually reached
al-Jawf Al Jawf or Al Jouf ( ' ) may refer to:
* Al Jawf Region, a region of Saudi Arabia
** Dumat al-Jandal, Al-Jawf or Al-Jouf, the ruined former capital city of Al Jawf Region
** Sakakah, the capital city of Al Jawf Region
* Al Jawf Governorate, a gov ...
.
Zijan is also mentioned in 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 ...
in connection with the nearby fortress of
al-Fass, on
Jabal al-Zalimah.
References
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Villages in Sanaa Governorate