Jadar (), also transliterated as Jidr or Jadir, is a village in
Bani al-Harith District
Bani Al Harith District ( ''Mudayrīyah Bani Al Ḥarith'') is a district of the Amanat Al Asimah Governorate, Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Sa ...
of
Amanat al-Asimah Governorate
Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest List of cities in Yemen, city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrativ ...
,
Yemen
Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...
.
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
Saif ibn Dhi Yazan al-Himyari (Arabic: سَيْف بِن ذِي يَزَن الحِمْيَريّ) or simply known as Saif ibn Dhi Yazan, was a semi-legendary Himyarite king who lived in the 6th century CE. He is well-known in the Aksumite-Persia ...
to the
Bani Shihab, a tribe now generally living in the area to the south of
Sanaa
Sanaa, officially the Sanaa Municipality, is the ''de jure'' capital and largest city of Yemen. The city is the capital of the Sanaa Governorate, but is not part of the governorate, as it forms a separate administrative unit. At an elevation ...
.
References
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Villages in Sanaa Governorate