Bayt Zud | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 15°55′49″N 44°01′36″E / 15.93035°N 44.02673°E [1] | |
Country | Yemen |
Governorate | Amran |
District | Maswar |
Elevation | 8,419 ft (2,566 m) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Bayt Zud (Bayt Zūd) is a village in Kharif District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. [1]
According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Bayt Zud is named after Zuwad b. Sayf b. ʽAmr b. al-Sabīʽ, of the tribe of Hashid. [2] He clarifies that Zūd, or Zuwad, was the Himyaritic form of the Arabic name Zayd. [2] He also wrote that Bayt Zud had once been the site of a pre-Islamic palace. [2] Bayt Zud is also mentioned several times in historical sources, including the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn and the Sirat al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi. [2] [note 1]
Bayt Zud | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 15°55′49″N 44°01′36″E / 15.93035°N 44.02673°E [1] | |
Country | Yemen |
Governorate | Amran |
District | Maswar |
Elevation | 8,419 ft (2,566 m) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Bayt Zud (Bayt Zūd) is a village in Kharif District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen. [1]
According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Bayt Zud is named after Zuwad b. Sayf b. ʽAmr b. al-Sabīʽ, of the tribe of Hashid. [2] He clarifies that Zūd, or Zuwad, was the Himyaritic form of the Arabic name Zayd. [2] He also wrote that Bayt Zud had once been the site of a pre-Islamic palace. [2] Bayt Zud is also mentioned several times in historical sources, including the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn and the Sirat al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Abbasi. [2] [note 1]