Dhi Bin

Dhi Bin

ذيبين
Dhi Bin ذيبين
Town
	Dhi Bin Location in Yemen
	Coordinates: 15°58′38″N 44°07′45″E / 15.97712°N 44.12917°E
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Amran
District	Dhi Bin
Elevation	6,155 ft (1,876 m)
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Dhi Bin (Arabic: ذيبين, romanized: Dhībīn), also spelled Dhibin or Dhaybin, is a small town in 'Amran Governorate, Yemen, and the seat of Dhi Bin District.^[1]

Name and history

According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Dhi Bin is named after Dhu Bin b. Bakīr b. Nawfān, of the tribe of Hamdan.^[2] It was a moderately important site during the late medieval and early modern eras, and is mentioned frequently in Yahya ibn al-Husayn's historical account, the Ghayat al-amani.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Geonames.org. Dhaybīn". Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. p. 170. ISBN 9783487091952. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[Geonames-1] "Geonames.org. Dhaybīn". Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[Gazetteer-2] Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. p. 170. ISBN 9783487091952. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

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