Suq Bayt Naʽam ( ), also called simply Bayt Naʽam and known historically as Bayt Anʽam, is a village in

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. It is located at the uppermost part of the Wadi Dahr, where the water from the

catchment area A catchment area in human geography, is the area from which a location, such as a city, service or institution, attracts a population that uses its services and economic opportunities. Catchment areas may be defined based on from where people are ...

above Lu'lu'ah descends into the wadi through a narrow gorge, overlooked by a fort. The road from

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Shibam Kawkaban Shibam Kawkaban () is a Twin cities, double town in Shibam Kawkaban District, Al Mahwit Governorate, Yemen, located 38 km west-northwest of Sanaa, the national capital. It consists of two distinct adjoining towns, Shibam () and Kawkaban () ...

passes through here.

History

Bayt Naʽam is called ''Bayt Anʽam'' in historical texts from the middle ages and early modern period. Its fort was frequently contested throughout the period, including one occasion in 612 AH (1215 CE) mentioned by

Yaqut al-Hamawi Yāqūt Shihāb al-Dīn ibn-ʿAbdullāh al-Rūmī al-Ḥamawī (1179–1229) () was a Muslim scholar of Byzantine ancestry active during the late Abbasid period (12th–13th centuries). He is known for his , an influential work on geography con ...

as well as in the '' Ghayat al-amani'' of Yahya ibn al-Husayn.

References

{{Reflist Villages in Sanaa Governorate Hamdan District