Bayt Shuʽayb | |
Native Name: | بيت شعيب |
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: | 15.2934°N 44.0153°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 2948 |
Bayt Shuʽayb (ar|بيت شعيب) is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located on the eastern part of Jabal An-Nabi Shu'ayb.[2]
Bayt Shuʽayb is named after one Shuʽayb b. Mihdam b. Dhī Mihdam, of the tribe of Himyar.[2] It is mentioned three times in the Ghayat al-Amani of Yahya ibn Al-Husayn, with the first mention being in 1025 (416 AH).[2]