Bayt Hanbas (Arabic: بيت حنبص Bayt Ḩanbaş) is a village in Bani Matar District of Sanaa Governorate, Yemen.[1][2] It is located above the Qa al-Nahim plain, in the mountains southwest of Sanaa.[2]

Bayt Hanbas بيت حنبص
Village
Bayt Hanbas Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15.26496°N 44.14561°E / 15.26496; 44.14561[1]
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Sanaa
District	Bani Matar
Elevation [1]	9,245 ft (2,818 m)
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

History

According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Bayt Hanbas is named after one Ḥanbaṣ b. Yuʽfir Dhī Yahar, of the tribe of Himyar.[2] Al-Hamdani described Bayt Hanbas as once having been the site of at least one great palace, which had been destroyed by the Qarmatians in 908 CE (295 AH).[2] No traces of the palace exist today.[2] Later, during the 13th and 14th centuries, Bayt Hanbas served as a minor stronghold of the Banu Shihab tribe.[2]

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