Hajar Saʽid | |
Native Name: | حجر سعيد |
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: | Hamdan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 15.4963°N 43.9566°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 2532 |
Hajar Saʽid (Arabic: حجر سعيد) is a small village in Hamdan District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1] [2] It is located by the road from Sanaa to Shibam Kawkaban.[2]
Hajar Saʽid is first mentioned in the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn, in connection with the events 904 AH (1499 CE).[2] At that time, it marked the westernmost extent of the territory of the Isma'ilis of the Hamdan tribe.[2]