Bayt Radm | |
Native Name: | بيت ردم |
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: | 15.2333°N 44.0636°W |
Bayt Radm (Arabic: بيت ردم|Bayt Radm), also spelled Bayt Radam, and spelled Bayt Ardam in some historical sources, is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located about southwest of Sanaa, a bit to the south of the road to al-Hudaydah.[1]
Bayt Radm's fortress served as a minor stronghold from the end of the 12th century.[1] Its first mention in the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn is in connection with the events of the year 1203 (599 AH).[1] In 1244 (642 AH), it was one of only three forts in the Sanaa area—the other were Thula and Dhu Marmar—that remained uncontrolled by the first Rasulid sultan, Nur al-Din Umar.[1] There is no indication, however, that Bayt Radm was anywhere near as important as either of the other two forts.[1]