Al-Lumi | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Yemen |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Yemen |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Yemen |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | 'Amran |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Jabal Iyal Yazid |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 15.837°N 43.8989°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 2578 |
Al-Lumi (Arabic: اللومي|al-Lūmī) is a small village in Jabal Iyal Yazid District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located on the slopes of Jabal Iyal Yazid, 3km north-northeast of Da‘‘an.[2]
The earliest known mention of al-Lumi in historical sources is in 1068 (460 AH). Historical sources mentioning it include the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn, the Kitab al-Simt of Muhammad ibn Hatim al-Yami al-Hamdani, and the al-Sulayhiyyun of Husayn al-Hamdani.[2]