Bayt Hanbas (Arabic: بيت حنبص Bayt Ḩanbaş) is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1][2] It is located above the Qa al-Nahim plain, in the mountains southwest of Sanaa.[2]

Bayt Hanbas
بيت حنبص
Village
Bayt Hanbas is located in Yemen
Bayt Hanbas
Bayt Hanbas
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15°15′54″N 44°08′44″E / 15.26496°N 44.14561°E / 15.26496; 44.14561[1]
Country Yemen
GovernorateSanaa
DistrictBani Matar
Elevation9,245 ft (2,818 m)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

History

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According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Bayt Hanbas is named after one Ḥanbaṣ b. Yuʽfir Dhī Yahar, of the tribe of Himyar.[2] Al-Hamdani described Bayt Hanbas as once having been the site of at least one great palace, which had been destroyed by the Qarmatians in 908 CE (295 AH).[2] No traces of the palace exist today.[2] Later, during the 13th and 14th centuries, Bayt Hanbas served as a minor stronghold of the Banu Shihab tribe.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Bayt Ḩanbaş". Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 147–48. Retrieved 7 February 2021.