Shar'ab ar-Rawnah District

Shara'b Ar Rawnah District (Arabic: مديرية شرعب الرونة) is a district of the Taiz Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 186,955 inhabitants.[1]

Shara'b Ar Rawnah District
شرعب الرونة
District
Country Yemen
GovernorateTaiz
SeatAr Rawnah town
Population
 (2003)
 • Total186,955
Time zoneUTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Etymology

Shara'b Ar Rawnah is part of the Shara'b Mikhlaf that includes both Shara'b As Salam and Shara'b Ar Rawnah. The Mikhlaf was founded by the tribe of Banu Shar'ab, which is a tribe from Himyar. According to al-Hamdani and Nashwan al-Himyari, it is descended from Shar'ab Ibn Sahl Ibn Zaid Ibn 'Amru Ibn Qais Ibn Jusham Ibn Abd Shams Ibn Wail Ibn al-Ghwth Ibn Qotn Ibn 'Aurib Ibn Zuhir Ibn Aiman Ibn Homisa' Ibn Himyar. Ibn al-Kalbi and Ibn Khaldun say Shar'ab Ibn Qais without "Sahl Ibn Zaid Ibn ‘Amru". According to Ibn Sidah the word Sharoob (Arabic: شرعوب) means dates in classical Arabic and Shar'ab means a tall person with a well shaped body. The Sharabi spears (Arabic: الرماح الشرعبية) and an outer cloak called al-Shar'abiah (Arabic: الشرعبية) are attributed to the tribe of Shara'b.[2][3]

Sub-districts

References
  1. "Districts of Yemen". Statoids. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
  2. الحنفي, علاء الدين مغلطاي بن قليج/البكجري (2011-01-01). إكمال تهذيب الكمال في أسماء الرجال 1-6 ج2 (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. p. 184.
  3. خلدون, عبد الرحمن بن محمد الحضرمي/ابن (2016-01-01). تاريخ ابن خلدون 1-7 المسمى كتاب العبر وديوان المبتدأ والخبر ج2 (in Arabic). Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. p. 260.

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