Najr

Najr (Arabic: نجر Najr) is a village in Iyal Surayh District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located just to the south of 'Amran, on a small hill at the lower end of the Wadi Khuzamir.[2]

Najr
نجر
Village
Najr is located in Yemen
Najr
Najr
Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15.64257°N 43.94758°E / 15.64257; 43.94758[1]
Country Yemen
Governorate'Amran
DistrictIyal Surayh
Elevation7,536 ft (2,297 m)
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

History

There are pre-Islamic ruins at Najr. Robert T.O. Wilson identified Najr with the palace of al-Nujayr mentioned by the 10th-century author al-Hamdani as one of the famous structures of Yemen. Najr was used as a military base at the edge of the Bawn during the medieval period, and during the Rasulid era, it was used as a base for a siege against Thula.[2]

References

  1. "Geonames.org. Najr". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  2. Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 328–9. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
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