Huth ( ar, حوث ) is a 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 villa ...
,
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
Huth District
Huth District ( ar, مديرية حوث) 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 end of th ...
.
It is located on the route between
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 ...
and
Sa'dah
Saada ( ar, صَعْدَة, translit=Ṣaʿda), a city and ancient capital in the northwest of Yemen, is the capital and largest city of the province of the same name, and the county seat of the county of the same name. The city is located in the ...
, on a plateau to the north of the
Bawn plains.
Name and history
According to the 10th-century writer
al-Hamdani, Huth is named after ‘Abdullah b. al-Sabi‘, who was also called Huth and belonged to the tribe of
Hashid
The Hashid ( ar, حاشد; Musnad: 𐩢𐩦𐩵𐩣) is a tribal confederation in Yemen. It is the second or third largest – after Bakil and, depending on sources, Madh'hij . The name was initially applied both to
a tribe and to its territory, with the modern town of Huth possibly serving as its capital. Medieval Huth was probably most important as a stopping point on the Sanaa-Sa'dah route, rather than as a strategic or administrative center.
See also
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Houthi tribe
The Houthi tribe ( ar, قبيلة الحوثي; literally "the tribe from Huth") is a Hamdanid Arab tribe that lives in northern Yemen. The tribe is a branch from Banu Hamdan tribe. They are primarily located in Amran and Sa'dah
Saada ( ar, ...
References
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Populated places in 'Amran Governorate