Najr
Najr نجر | |
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Village | |
  Najr Location in Yemen | |
| Coordinates: 15°38′33″N 43°56′51″E / 15.64257°N 43.94758°E[1] | |
| Country |  Yemen |
| Governorate | 'Amran |
| District | Iyal Surayh |
| Elevation | 7,536 ft (2,297 m) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time) |
Najr (Arabic: نجر Najr) is a village in Iyal Surayh District of 'Amran Governorate, Yemen.[1] It is located just to the south of 'Amran, on a small hill at the lower end of the Wadi Khuzamir.[2]
History
There are pre-Islamic ruins at Najr. Robert T.O. Wilson identified Najr with the palace of al-Nujayr mentioned by the 10th-century author al-Hamdani as one of the famous structures of Yemen. Najr was used as a military base at the edge of the Bawn during the medieval period, and during the Rasulid era, it was used as a base for a siege against Thula.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Geonames.org. Najr". Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ a b Wilson, Robert T.O. (1989). Gazetteer of Historical North-West Yemen. Germany: Georg Olms AG. pp. 328–9. Retrieved 8 February 2021.