Bayt ʽAdhran | |
Native Name: | بيت عذران |
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: | Sanaa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bani Matar |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 15.3545°N 44.1324°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 2624 |
Bayt ʽAdhran (Arabic: بيت عذران) is a small village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1] [2] It is located to the west of Sanaa, at the top of the hills overlooking the western edge of the Sanaa plain.[2]
According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Bayt ʽAdhran was named after one Dhū ʽAdhrān ibn Dhī Ma'dhin ibn Jīdān, of the tribe of Himyar.[2] Besides al-Hamdani, other medieval writers to mention Bayt ʽAdhran include al-Razi and Yaqut al-Hamawi.[2]