Yashiʽ | |
Native Name: | يشيع |
Settlement Type: | Town |
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: | Amran |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Khamir |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Timezone: | Yemen Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 15.8899°N 43.9153°W[1] |
Elevation M: | 2611 |
Yashiʽ (Arabic: يشيع), also called Bayt Yashiʽ, is a small town in Khamir District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located 9 km northwest of Hamidah,[2] beyond the northern end of Jabal Iyal Yazid.[3] It has historically been part of Bani ʽAbd territory.[2]
According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Yashiʽ (which he calls Qasr Yashiʽ)[2] is named after one Yashīʽ b. Riyām b. Nahafān, of the tribe of Hamdan.[3] Yashiʽ has been inhabited since pre-Islamic times, and its ancient ruins are still visible.[3] The Sirat of al-Abbasi mentions Yashiʽ three times; in one episode, the first Imam of Yemen, al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya, traveled to Yashiʽ in 286 AH (899-900 CE) to meet with the sheikhs of nearby al-ʽAsum.[2] He chastised them for their supposed licentious behavior, and they repented and pledged their support for al-Hadi's rule.[2]