Waqash | |
Native Name: | وقش |
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: | 15.16°N 44.0824°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 2547 |
Waqash (Arabic: وقش) is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1] [2] It is at the southern end of the historical territory of the Bani Matar tribe.[2]
The first historical mention of Waqash is in 1202 (598 AH). It is described in the Ghayat al-amani of Yahya ibn al-Husayn as a center of the Mutarrifiyyah sect.[2] Indian man how writeen history