Dhi Bin (Arabic: ذيبين, romanized: Dhībīn), also spelled Dhibin or Dhaybin, is a small town in 'Amran Governorate, Yemen, and the seat of Dhi Bin District.[1]

Dhi Bin ذيبين
Town
Dhi Bin Location in Yemen
Coordinates: 15.97712°N 44.12917°E / 15.97712; 44.12917[1]
Country	Yemen
Governorate	Amran
District	Dhi Bin
Elevation [1]	6,155 ft (1,876 m)
Time zone	UTC+3 (Yemen Standard Time)

Name and history

According to the 10th-century writer al-Hamdani, Dhi Bin is named after Dhu Bin b. Bakīr b. Nawfān, of the tribe of Hamdan.[2] It was a moderately important site during the late medieval and early modern eras, and is mentioned frequently in Yahya ibn al-Husayn's historical account, the Ghayat al-amani.[2]

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